Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive: Study
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Re: Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive: Study
#2if I were legislating this I'd mandate transparency before I mandated neutrality -- maybe consumers would be willing to pay up or switch to a provider that provided neutrality for streaming.
one way for government to provide usable markets is to mandate good information without setting standards.
NFLX is over neutrality for home internet (not sure about mobile), they're in every server cage
maybe neutrality is the wrong policy
or maybe ISPs shouldn't be in the content biz
Re: Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive: Study
#3On the one hand, I can see needing the ability to throttle for network traffic handling because you'll always have that one person who goes into an all you can eat, grabs 10 plates and all the chocolate pudding because they have to feel like they got one over on ... well, everyone. On the other hand, doing this 24/7? That's just not right and I think this runs afoul network neutrality legis... oh, wait.
Re: Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive: Study
#4I keep thinking I see this on my wired (Comcast) connection too.
Stuff just behaves too strangely for it to be anything else.
One video provider will get slow. Switch to the mobile connection and it's fine. Switch to another site on the wired connection, that's fine too.
They've made it perfectly clear they're unhappy I won't pay them an extra $100+/month for 900 channels of crap over and over.
Re: Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive: Study
#5if I were legislating this I'd mandate transparency before I mandated neutrality -- maybe consumers would be willing to pay up or switch to a provider that provided neutrality for streaming. one way for government to provide usable markets is to mandate good information without setting standards. NFLX is over neutrality for home internet (not sure about mobile), they're in every server cage maybe neutrality is the wr…
Most people do not have another reasonable option to switch to.
Re: Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive: Study
#6The title should say "US Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive: Study"
The article doesn't suggest that this problem exists outside the US. Perhaps it does.
Re: Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive: Study
#7I’m reminded of a comment I read a few days ago from someone that has their own small isp that said bandwidth was basically an inconsequential cost for them. Throttling like this is penny pinching of the highest order. How do we get the benefits of competition if every company is doing it?
Re: Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive: Study
#8if I were legislating this I'd mandate transparency before I mandated neutrality -- maybe consumers would be willing to pay up or switch to a provider that provided neutrality for streaming. one way for government to provide usable markets is to mandate good information without setting standards. NFLX is over neutrality for home internet (not sure about mobile), they're in every server cage maybe neutrality is the wr…
Most people do not have another reasonable option to switch to.
for wired internet I suspect this is right in some places -- I read a thing about fiber providers slicing up cities by block or zip code
but for wireless most providers have dense coverage maps. I use ting which operates on sprint or t-mobile I think so there's even more variety if you include resellers.
Re: Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive: Study
#9I’m reminded of a comment I read a few days ago from someone that has their own small isp that said bandwidth was basically an inconsequential cost for them. Throttling like this is penny pinching of the highest order. How do we get the benefits of competition if every company is doing it?
Upstream vs capacity. If there's a bunch of phones on a tower, bandwidth on that tower isn't inconsequential.
Re: Wireless Carrier Throttling of Online Video Is Pervasive: Study
#10I keep thinking I see this on my wired (Comcast) connection too. Stuff just behaves too strangely for it to be anything else. One video provider will get slow. Switch to the mobile connection and it's fine. Switch to another site on the wired connection, that's fine too. They've made it perfectly clear they're unhappy I won't pay them an extra $100+/month for 900 channels of crap over and over.
> They've made it perfectly clear they're unhappy I won't pay them an extra $100+/month for 900 channels of crap over and over.
CEO: You know how we solve this, offer them more channels at a premium price. Which will show them 1 or maybe 2 shows they want to see.