Bandwidth is a general networking term often used in conjunction with latency that roughly describes the amount of data per second (usually seen as Mbps or megabits per second) available over an internet connection. World of Warcraft usually has a minimum bandwidth where it will be playable at all and increasing requirements depending on the style of play.
In March 2011, Canadian ISP, Rogers Communications, admitted it used traffic shaping (a euphemism for throttling) on torrent-based World of Warcraft content (largely only used for game updates). The Canadian regulatory agency, the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission), has been investigating.
Last November 2010, Virgin Media, a British ISP also had problems with traffic shaping, but users have found some workarounds.
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TheWireReport.ca CRTC gives Rogers until Friday (Sep. 2) to respond to throttling complaint by Simon Doyle, August 29, 2011 - 3:16pm TheWireReport.ca CRTC gives Rogers July 25 deadline to respond to World of Warcraft problems July 13, 2011 - 3:36pm TheNextWeb.com Rogers admits to slowing down World of Warcraft in Canada by Brodie Beta, Saturday March 26, 2011- Virgin Media
MMOMeltingPot.com Problems with Virgin Media: Warcraft is too slow by Johnnie Ingram on August 22, 2011 Thinq.co.uk Virgin Media coughs to World of Warcraft lag
Traffic management to blame by Gareth Halfacree on 03 November, 2010