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For example, YouTube only accessible through Chrome, and then Firefox merging with Facebook and establishing exclusivity rights.
This has nothing to do with net neutrality and would never happen as it would give an opening to the competition. On the other hand if Google's fiber optic service was giving preferential treatment to Youtube which they own they are going to be in trouble.
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This morning I started watching the FCC's meeting on open internet rules on C-span, and before it started there were a lot of people in the room cheering very enthusiastically. Made me wonder why they'd be so happy. Could it have something to do with future taxes??? I have no idea but that was the first thought that came to mind considering we are talking about a government agency.
This isn't a subject I know much about, but I do worry whether this will affect how well Netflix streams. Right now I can be on my laptop working, while having something playing on Netflix or another Roku channel, and I have absolutely no buffering problems with Netflix or my internet service slowing down or being interrupted. Once all traffic is given the same precedence I have a feeling Netflix may have buffering problems from time to time.
Regarding taxes, when I cut my AT&T U-verse tv and voice out it was real nice not being slammed with a lot of taxes any longer. I think I pay less than $1 in taxes for my AT&T U-verse internet, although I'd have to check to see why. That might even be a tax on the modem I rent from them, since I don't think there's actually any tax on my internet service. If the FCC just messed that up and people start getting slammed with taxes, it'll be one more reason for people to become more politically active to let their voices be heard.
Just thought about this. My AT&T internet has never had a problem, but today after the FCC announcement my service was interrupted for the first time I can recall, and about 2-3 minutes later it came back up. Think I'll conduct a latency test on megapath's website to see if my internet quality has changed at all. Hopefully, AT&T didn't get ticked off today and decide to take it out on customers. I pay for a speed of 18 but generally it tests out at around 23.05 most of the time, so I've been getting more than I pay for. I'm not complaining. When I was paying for 12 it was tested out around 11.47.
This isn't a subject I know much about, but I do worry whether this will affect how well Netflix streams. Right now I can be on my laptop working, while having something playing on Netflix or another Roku channel, and I have absolutely no buffering problems with Netflix or my internet service slowing down or being interrupted. Once all traffic is given the same precedence I have a feeling Netflix may have buffering problems from time to time.
What makes Netflix more important than something else? You're paying for X amount of bandwidth and if you aren't getting that the complaint is with your ISP. What is probably going to happen is this, the "unlimited" plans are going away. They were just a marketing gimmick to begin with because in the past they knew very few people were going to actually use it. It's unsustainable with the ever expanding high bandwidth services like Netflix. What you may see is them offering lower bandwidth plans leaving enough bandwidth for the higher priced ones.
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This isn't a subject I know much about, but I do worry whether this will affect how well Netflix streams. Right now I can be on my laptop working, while having something playing on Netflix or another Roku channel, and I have absolutely no buffering problems with Netflix or my internet service slowing down or being interrupted. Once all traffic is given the same precedence I have a feeling Netflix may have buffering problems from time to time.
Amusingly, this whole fight stems in no small part from the big ISPs wanting to throttle Netflix speeds in an effort to extort money from them.
If you fear degraded performance, you should be happy about this regulation. Because without it, Verizon and Comcast will throttle your Netflix stream until Netflix writes them a check. We know this because that's exactly what they did when they briefly had the chance.
Well, I hope it works out the way you guys seem to think. Watching the news they showed services in the 'fast lane', services like Netflix, will end up being slowed down. With so many people watching Netflix I'm just wondering if it's going to create problems. We shall see.
And of course we'll see new taxes. Surprised they haven't found a way yet around the Internet Tax Freedom Act which bans taxes on internet access. BTW, the Tax Freedom Act expires in October. Citizens may want to contact their congressmen and ask that it be renewed. Some states have wanted to tax the internet, and will be pushing hard for a way to do so.
Edit: I did do a latency test and noticed latency jumped from 28ms to 35ms, and jitter jumped from 1ms to 3ms. Both are still in the acceptable range and haven't affected anything I use yet. Saw a couple of comments from others on the internet that there AT&T service also went down for a short time after the FCC announcement. They obviously changed something.
No, Netflix will just add even worse shows that are 40 years old that nobody even watched back then.
Speak for yourself. I love Netflix, and I've seen the quality of it's content greatly improve - especially TV shows. Movies are hit or miss, but there's a reason why ISPs have targeted Netflix - it is most definitely a threat to cable and satellite companies.
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