A method of managing bandwidth, comprising: identifying, from a pool of bandwidth available to a local network, a limited quantity of bandwidth according to a group bandwidth policy for a plurality of subscriber devices; receiving user-selected connection parameters associated with a first subscriber device; associating, using a computer processor, network identifiers of the plurality of subscriber devices including the first subscriber device with the group bandwidth policy, based on the user-selected connection parameters; storing, in computer-readable storage media, parameters associated with the group bandwidth policy, in association with the network identifier of the first subscriber device; receiving, at a gateway device, network communication data from the first subscriber device; obtaining, at the gateway device from an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting, AAA, server, and in response to receiving the network communication data, the parameters for the group bandwidth policy associated with the plurality of subscriber devices; and configuring at least one of packet queuing, packet delaying, or packet dropping at the gateway device for group network communication data prior to transmitting the network communication data to a network external to the local network, the group network communication data being data sent from or to any of the plurality of subscriber devices, wherein said configuring is based on the obtained parameters associated with the group bandwidth policy and a quantity of bandwidth available to the plurality of subscriber devices associated with the group bandwidth policy. identifying, from a pool of bandwidth available to a local network, a limited quantity of bandwidth according to a group bandwidth policy for a plurality of subscriber devices; receiving user-selected connection parameters associated with a first subscriber device; associating, using a computer processor, network identifiers of the plurality of subscriber devices including the first subscriber device with the group bandwidth policy, based on the user-selected connection parameters; storing, in computer-readable storage media, parameters associated with the group bandwidth policy, in association with the network identifier of the first subscriber device; receiving, at a gateway device, network communication data from the first subscriber device; obtaining, at the gateway device from an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting, AAA, server, and in response to receiving the network communication data, the parameters for the group bandwidth policy associated with the plurality of subscriber devices; and configuring at least one of packet queuing, packet delaying, or packet dropping at the gateway device for group network communication data prior to transmitting the network communication data to a network external to the local network, the group network communication data being data sent from or to any of the plurality of subscriber devices, wherein said configuring is based on the obtained parameters associated with the group bandwidth policy and a quantity of bandwidth available to the plurality of subscriber devices associated with the group bandwidth policy.