Traffic shaping is a specific technique and one of several that, combined, constitute bandwidth management.

ISPs and traffic management

Traffic shaping is of interest, especially to ISPs. Their high-cost, high-traffic networks are their major assets, and as such, are the focus of their attention. They sometimes use traffic shaping to optimize the use of their network, sometimes by shaping traffic according to their assessment of importance and thus discouraging use of certain applications.

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