An flexible, extensible, and dynamically configurable intelligent throttling capability that among other things can support the bulk processing of a wide range of information (including inter alia Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, IP Multimedia Subsystem, etc. messages; E-Mail messages; Instant Messaging communications; Session Initiation Protocol-addressed artifacts; signaling, command-and-control, application, etc. data; etc.) that may result following for example service interruptions, system outages, bursts of traffic (for example in response to a tele-voting initiative, from a mass broadcast of alert or information messages in response to a news item or an emergency situation, etc.), equipment failures, etc.