Verizon is crippling Youtube bandwidth on FIOS.

Verizon is guilty of extortion. They are holding the user hostage, and forcing google to pay up to protect their brand.

Meanwhile, the FIOS subscriber, such as myself, finally have an answer as to why Youtube hasnt fucking worked for a year now.

Verizon FIOS... has just lost its sainthood.

If you value youtube, and use it... Do not subscribe to Verizon FIOS.

... but the former is the fancy rhetoric that gets draconian bills like the Patriot act passed.

No, it's the inequality in distribution of resources that causes the problem.

2/3rds of people who have and use an internet connection. Children don't count, people without their own internet access don't count.

Here’s the problem with Battle.net 2.0: 2002s Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is one of the most underrated video games ever created. And that’s before you learn its online apparatus is the foundation for modern matchmaking, where Blizzard Entertainment should get royalties every time you brag about your X-Box Live Trueskill rating. (Then again, I shouldn’t be giving Blizzard ideas right now.)

Here’s how Warcraft III matchmaking worked: Everyone starts at level one. The maximum level is fifty. You play players within six levels of your own. Win five games, gain a level. Lose five games, lose a level. The penalty for losing is reduced during levels one to nine. Thus, players who win half their games will become level ten.

It was simple and transparent. That was the hook, and people choked on it. It turned Warcraft III ladder play into what ICCUP serves for Starcraft players, a stomping ground so competitive that climbing the food chain gave you a shot at the guys who played for a living. That’s what a good online gaming system does.

If you portrait current day war you have a responsibility to do it at least somewhat accurately.