Comment Re: what's wrong with public transportation? (Score 2) 190
Nice.
However the Comcast is a private firm, so is free to negotiate minimum service levels with customers. While this is obviously problematic, is does solve a basic problem with streaming video. That unlike broadcast which has minimal marginal costs as users increase, the marginal costs for the internet provider is pretty much linear.
Its this right here in the nutshell.
Netflix went with an ISP that doesnt have the best connectivity and no other ISP really wants to improve connectivity with them because of how this particular ISP demands to handle peering arrangements. It was a win for netflix in that they got a better monetary deal, but its also a loss because the reason they got a better deal is that their ISP is a professional cheapskate seeking to take advantage of lopsided peering arrangements.
The fact is that "fast lanes" arent against net neutrality. How many of us have the lowest level of bandwidth their ISP offers? We willingly pay for a faster lane but have the balls to say that a corporation cannot? What kind of shit is that? The system is set up so that ultimately it is the senders that pays for the bandwidth between ISP's. If your ISP is sending many times as much as it receives then its gotta pay the difference. Netflix's ISP doesnt want to, so netflix has the choice of changing ISP's or paying the difference themselves.
They address this on their website:
If all they say is what you quoted, no they do not address it on their website. What you quoted is not even close to addressing questions of wear and tear. I have to wonder why you thought that it did....
Shill much?
we just think that your fairy tale pure capitalism can't exist
Under normal conditions, humans don't do these kind of errors.
In this case however, it should be noted that the humans are ALSO in error. They see both images as the same, when the images are in fact not the same.
With this realization, there is no remaining controversy here. Both the wetware and the software use different methodologies, so its no surprise then that they have different error distributions.
A far better method of comparing the two systems with regard to "accuracy" would be to throw many family photo albums at both the wetware and software and have both tag all the photos that include at least one of a set of randomly chosen members from each family. The kind of errors humans would be making here arent the same as the kind that software would be making, but humans sure as hell would be making a lot of errors.
A few firearms/accessories companies have written letters to law enforcement in various states telling them that they will no longer provide them with any weapons or accessories that are not legal for civilians in their state.
I predict a overall decrease in traffic accidents as we start seeing the average speed on roads reflect the speed limit versus the average of 5 to 10mph or more that is common now.
Wheeler is (apparently) saying, given the finite bandwidth connecting Comcast and L3, that it would be prohibited for Netflix to pay Comcast to favor Netflix traffic through that pipe, if it has the effect of blocking or reducing Coca-Cola traffic.
Which is no different than my mid-tier connection having adverse effects on my neighbors low-tier connection, which it surely does during peak usage.
Would you care to try again? because right now you havent framed the argument in a way that doesnt apply to the fast lane I have purchased.
In the end I think the real problem with your argument is that its hypocritical to allow me to buy a fast lane but not allow netflix to buy a fast lane. That clearly its not fast lanes that are the problem.. its the fear of sliding down the slippery slope that brings us to the attack on fast lanes, essentially just a FUD argument. Write laws that prevent what you want to prevent, not what might lead to what you want to prevent.
Are you really that stupid as to not be able to remember what you wrote?
Its worse than that. There is a rapidly growing segment of the population that doesnt say what they mean, and thinks that its quite alright that they do not say what they mean. This goes further in that they presume that nobody else says what they mean, in spite of the fact that most of the people from my generation and older carefully make sure that they are saying exactly what they mean.
One has to wonder what these young fools would have had to say if they actually meant what they said.
If A = B and B = C, then A = C, except where void or prohibited by law. -- Roy Santoro