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JazzJRabbit

join:2003-09-27
Wheaton, IL
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reply to devnuller
Re: 50mbps for 192 seconds?

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said by JazzJRabbit See Profile :

From what I read Netflix HD streaming requires 8-10MBit bandwidth. So if throttling like this was implemented by US ISPs and you were on 20MB tier, then you'd be throttled even before you finished watching your movie.
You are confusing speed (20Mb per second) with usage (250,000M per month). This is a common mistake.
I'm assuming you're talking about comcast since you mentioned 250GB cap.

I said if US ISPs followed Virgin throttling approach then you would be throttled before you could even watch one HD movie from netflix.
to forum · permalink · · 2008-12-16 15:00:58 · Reply to this

beaups

join:2003-08-11
Hilliard, OH		 Jazz that is absolutely BS
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beaups

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Hilliard, OH		reply to JazzJRabbit
And not to mention the article states they are moving AWAY from the throttling system and just going after bittorrent specifically....
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