A method of enforcing network bandwidth limitation includes receiving a
request from a client for transmission of a server's feed data and
receiving a client timestamp from the client. The method further includes
determining if feed data in a previous transmission from the server to
the client has been lost, and if so, reimbursing the client for the lost
data. The method further includes determining if the client is eligible
to receive the requested feed data transmission from the server, and if
the client is eligible, then immediately transmitting of the most recent
available requested feed data from the server to the client, but if the
client is not eligible, then preventing the transmission and withholding
the feed data from the client without prolonging the duration of any
network connection from the server to the client.