[cavisne]

Article is from 2020, when there was a big load increase from WFH.

They way HFC (cable internet) works you would have to cap upload speed for everyone on the network, as it uses time multiplexing for uploads.

[mh-]

This isn't true, they could create a new config with the lower upload speed and only push it to the offenders modems.

No different than when they change their speed plans and roll out new tiers.