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 MattAll noise, no signal.Premium
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Jamestown, NC
kudos:12 | reply to wifi4milez
Re: With a cap of course... said by wifi4milez:said by Sturm :
I can download video content at that speed from LEGAL pay sites.
Your comment is ignorant.
Yes you can, but you will need to pay for it so you wont leave you connection running 24/7 like people do with Bit Torrent. Also, unless you are unemployed you can only watch so many movies in a given period of time. There comes a point that the number of movies you can download exceeds the amount of free time you have to watch them. This effectively negates any "benefit" you gain from downloading them quicker. Actually, no it does not. Being able to download them faster allows things like instant start to watch the movie while it's downloading, or gives you the ability to start watching the movie faster if you have to download the whole thing ... if I can download a movie in 20-30 minutes, rather than 24 hours, that's a better product to me. A higher speed allows this. | |
 wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
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New York, NY | said by Matt:Actually, no it does not. Being able to download them faster allows things like instant start to watch the movie while it's downloading, or gives you the ability to start watching the movie faster if you have to download the whole thing ... if I can download a movie in 20-30 minutes, rather than 24 hours, that's a better product to me. A higher speed allows this. Incorrect. The "instant start" thing that Netlfix offers has nothing to do with your bandwidth. They basically have a (very limited) selection of movies queued up on the head end of their network of servers. When you select instant start, they stream that particular title directly to you instead of waiting for it to download. As long as you have enough bandwidth to support a video stream (anything much above 1.5Mbps will work fine) you are in good shape.
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| said by wifi4milez:said by Matt:Actually, no it does not. Being able to download them faster allows things like instant start to watch the movie while it's downloading, or gives you the ability to start watching the movie faster if you have to download the whole thing ... if I can download a movie in 20-30 minutes, rather than 24 hours, that's a better product to me. A higher speed allows this. Incorrect. The "instant start" thing that Netlfix offers has nothing to do with your bandwidth. They basically have a (very limited) selection of movies queued up on the head end of their network of servers. When you select instant start, they stream that particular title directly to you instead of waiting for it to download. As long as you have enough bandwidth to support a video stream (anything much above 1.5Mbps will work fine) you are in good shape. Ah no. Netflix uses clusters not "head ends" to stream video to you , And They are working on HD streaming , soon that would blow the 1.5 mbit idea out of the water.
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wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
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New York, NY | said by BosstonesOwn:said by wifi4milez:said by Matt:Actually, no it does not. Being able to download them faster allows things like instant start to watch the movie while it's downloading, or gives you the ability to start watching the movie faster if you have to download the whole thing ... if I can download a movie in 20-30 minutes, rather than 24 hours, that's a better product to me. A higher speed allows this. Incorrect. The "instant start" thing that Netlfix offers has nothing to do with your bandwidth. They basically have a (very limited) selection of movies queued up on the head end of their network of servers. When you select instant start, they stream that particular title directly to you instead of waiting for it to download. As long as you have enough bandwidth to support a video stream (anything much above 1.5Mbps will work fine) you are in good shape. Ah no. Netflix uses clusters not "head ends" to stream video to you , And They are working on HD streaming , soon that would blow the 1.5 mbit idea out of the water. You clearly dont understand what the term "head end" means. I never said the used "head end", I said they use servers (yes, clusters!) at their head end to deliver the content. Yawn......
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| You're an idiot, you clearly did say head end, next time why don't you try actually providing a useful post instead of pretending you're the smartest member on DSLreports.
Clusters/Servers it's the same frigging thing. It's a computer with a better processor attached to a switch or router serving up your content. Stfu idiot. I never even comment on this site, but you sir, need a warm glass of stfu. | |
wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
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New York, NY | said by DarkSorcerer:You're an idiot, you clearly did say head end, next time why don't you try actually providing a useful post instead of pretending you're the smartest member on DSLreports. Wow, you just made my day. You apparently have been puzzling over what "head end" means for over two months, given that was when this thread ended. The hilarious part is that you still dont understand the term! I am not even going to "insult your intelligence" (as if that was possible!) by linking to the widely known definition of the term, so have a great weekend amigo!
One last thing, instead of sticking your foot in your mouth and looking like an idiot, try using Google (or your search engine of choice) to learn common technology related terms next time.
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