Pathfinder5Dazed Confused Premium Member join:2000-03-26 New York, NY
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Re: So have they signed an agreement or not?said by UnnDunn:They have, but Verizon is dragging their feet in implementing the needed changes. Proof of that? |
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ieolusSupport The Clecs join:2001-06-19 Danbury, CT |
ieolus
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2014-Jun-10 11:03 am
Well, how is your Netflix viewing going? |
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jjeffeoryjjeffeory join:2002-12-04 Bloomington, IN |
Last night a video stopped playing for some reason. Yes, I'm on FiOS using Netflix. I had to restart the stream, then it worked. |
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Pathfinder5Dazed Confused Premium Member join:2000-03-26 New York, NY |
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said by ieolus:Well, how is your Netflix viewing going? I have no problems. Just watched a show. |
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mj3431
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2014-Jun-10 3:16 pm
...but not during peak usage hours. |
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said by mj3431:...but not during peak usage hours. This. Netflix streams load in HD instantly if I want to watch at 4AM. During prime time I might as well be using my 3G connection... I didn't get 150 Mbps Fios just for the middle of the night. My neighbor has ~20 Mbps Optimum (cablevision) and his Netflix is perfect 24/7. I'm embarrassed to be paying so much more than him for inferior performance. |
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Bengie25 join:2010-04-22 Wisconsin Rapids, WI |
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The proof is that Verizon isn't able to keep up even those it is ridiculously easy to do so.
You should see the tech that is currently available. A single router and 6 strands of fiber could handle ALL of the world's Internet as it is right now.
Newer tech will be able to handle 10x the current world's Internet over a single fiber has already had a fully functional prototype.
Verizon is just creating artificial scarcity.
As it stands right now, 1gb/1gb fiber to a multi-TERABIT router is running about $100 per port. Seeing that it costs about $2k to connect a customer to fiber, $100 is a rounding error.
1gb fiber has become so cheap, it's cheaper to use a 1gb port and rate limit it to 100mb than to purchase a 100mb port. |
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FrinkProfessor Premium Member join:2000-07-13 Scotch Plains, NJ |
Frink
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2014-Jun-10 9:13 pm
Wow...wrong on so many levels I don't know where to start. |
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Hmmm....the inability to keep a quality streaming video experience comes to mind. |
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