Not sure if the math is as favorable if you look at the net present value of the incremental earnings. Looking at individuals though, if you are bottom quintile you might be able to get a job that isn't manual labor, arguably improving quality of life. Being a tradesman though likely pays off better.

An entry level candidate in my field of engineering should have a solid foundation from their BS to be able to understand basic theory and concepts. Our job is to train them from that foundation in our specific field; there are fewer than 500 people a year who graduate with sufficient education to really hit the ground running.

They should have also passed the first test in the Professional Engineering process which gives them a head start in their career.

Does anybody else think it is ironic that they use the total earnings rather than the NPV at age 18 for the discussion on STEM earnings?! The bottom line is likely that the marginal increase in earnings is likely insufficient to justify college attendance for the lower quintiles if you have to pay your own way vial loans.

As long as the purchaser was looking at the ratio of NPV of the future Bitcoin earnings to the cost to purchase and operate in $ to justify his purchase then there is no problem with asking for a refund. The exchange risk on the ratio of Bitcoin to USD is all on the buyer though.

What percentage of people use Netflix 24x7? How many different shows do most Netflix users watch? Caching 48-72 hours of entertainment during periods of low utilization makes the situation better for everyone. Think of it as demand-leveling.

It is all peak-period problems, not average bandwidth. Invariably we get downgraded to barely viewable overcompressed SD on Sunday nights. A local smart cache of the next 5 episodes of the 5-6 different shows we watch most often would likely eliminate 90% of the network usage. If enough people have them it would make it a non-issue for the telco.

It is important for it to be a network-based cache though, so it is device independent.

Not really. Consumer class service has traditionally had a contention ratio of 20:1, while Business class service is closer to 5:1. If you have a 20Mb link, you should be entitled to 1Mb minimum. You aren't restricted by the last mile, but the overall network today.

The issue comes down to contention ratios and peering. The last-mile ISPs don't want to peer with Netflix at a Hub level, they want to peer at a POP level, so they don't "waste" any of their backbone network between carrying Neflix traffic. Both parties are acting in their own self-interest.

Rationally, I have to think that when one service provider represents 10% or more of the traffic on a given network they should be doing something to address it, and the responsibility really falls on their shoulders and not the ISP.

Using Netflix as a simple example, all they would need to do to reduce their problem is offer a cache option on the end-user's network. It is less efficient than having it at the ISP's facilities, but it isn't all that complicated and the cost can be borne by the customer and improve sticky-ness. Right now, it is a pain in the ass to do things like a proxy to avoid the network saturation.

TWTelecom is independent from TimeWarner, and has been for at least 8 years. That makes for a huge consolidation in the metro fiber business.

I have to wonder what they think makes all these updates worthwhile. This release breaks two-finger scroll and swipe when I open a couple tabs.

It was actually Apple on the first version of the iPhone with the Cisco systems. However, it was when the device was actually connected to the network, not in broadcast mode to discover networks.

I forget it the root cause was later traced to Cisco or Apple.

If your network can be crashed by a device not connected to it, but broadcasting packets with its MAC address spoofed for the purposes of compliance with 802.11 specifications then you have a real problem.

Once the device authenticates with and connects to your network, it broadcasts it's real MAC address.

The only thing I can see this messing up other than user tracking is using net stumbler to see who/what is in your area. Hopefully they don't use MAC addresses outside of their legitimate manufacturer IDs for this purpose.

Because that would be abuse of monopoly, and they take that stuff seriously!

The current situation is unacceptable, and it makes me want to dump both Verizon and Netflix. There are alternatives for both.

A red directional arrow means no turn on red in most states. A round red light is turn after stop.

Well put. GTE became Verizon Global Networks and was a very separate division. As it became integrated and FIOS was rolled out things became very difficult. They obviously chose a favorable way to request treatment, which should be expected. If they didn't have that support, they would have pulled FTTN and limited how much they were willing to spend going to the home. In the end, it would have set things back more.

But, the government should only allow a limited time monopoly for these services. Phase in competition over the infrastructure to encourage competition, higher levels of service, and lower costs.

The decision doesn't have to be binary.

The schools should be designed in a modular fashion that accommodates growth in 25%-35% increments. Unfortunately, that makes your first increment cost 30-50% more and doesn't save much in the future phases.