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[NH Apache]

Here's more on the latest speed index put out by Netflix:

http://blog.netflix.com/

One of the many reasons I am satisfied with Cox....although I pay out the ass.

 

[Armaros]

Its nice that Google Fiber will sidestep this shit, and Im happy to be in an area thats its available in soon, but we will need more than fucking Google to fix this shit in the U.S. guys. Google alone aint gonna change shit for 99% of us. We need some other LARGE catalyst to get this crap sorted.

Google is directly prevented by local governments that have deals with the big ISPs to basically be a local monopoly, with the trade of 'providing' 'everyone' with internet, no matter how shitty it is.

 

[Terrell]

Here's the weird part about all this. As a subscriber, you PAY Verizon (or whatever ISP) to provide you bandwidth to access the things you want. As a subscriber, you also PAY Netflix to access their content.

What sort of content is Verizon providing in all this? Why do they feel like they fit into the equation? You're already PAYING for their bandwidth. Verizon has zero original content that subscribers want.

ISPs suffer from a sort of "ownership by proxy" delusion, where they believe content is their right just because it can't be served to the public without their service, and Netflix or other such services were merely stand-ins until such a time that ISPs could claim their "rightful" place in the market. The problem is only compounded by the fact that several ISPs own TV production studios. It's also the only way they can maintain control of the content dominance they had with TV cable because they were slow to act on streaming and IPTV initiatives that would have spared them all of this.
It's complete horse-shit, for sure, but it is what it is.

Absolutely. Anything that is used by virtually everybody and requires really large scale physical infrastructure should be at least partially socialized. Having one giant corporation control the internet is like something out of dystopic sci-fi movie.

You shouldn't use the S word around these parts.

 

[Steelyuhas]

I'm pretty confident that Comcast is throttling my Netflix. 35 down and I can't hold an HD stream on Netflix? Come on

 

[rdrr gnr]

I'm pretty confident that Comcast is throttling my Netflix. 35 down and I can't hold an HD stream on Netflix? Come on

Try this workaround: Only stream during 2 AM - 6 AM Tuesday mornings.

You're welcome.

 

[GoodlifeX]

Capitalism is reaching its final form!

 

[Femmeworth]

I have TWC and I think they are throttling me. :\

 

[Heel]

Looks like Comcast and Netflix may have reached some kind of agreement. Will have to check out stream quality tonight.

http://arstechnica.com/information-...-gained-direct-connection-to-comcast-network/

Checked it out. I'm in northern California and had a nearly identical traceroute as the story (one less hop, even), made sure I was receiving data from the same IP while streaming and...can't get above 480p tonight. Maybe they're working it out, but seems like no real improvement at the moment.

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Damn, I guess I didn't pay too much attention, but that certainly explains the iffy video quality happening more and more and why it takes a while to get to 1080p.

Stupid Verizon. This sucks, I got Fios because it was the best choice in my area and got the 50/25 download upload back, but then recently found out the smaller local cable company RCN close to my area is offering 110mb speeds for only $50 for the first year but I'm outside their coverage area by a few measly miles (the area they cover has Comcast and Verizon so RCN is actually offering really competitive pricing in their area for customers). I pay more for the like half the speed with FIOS.

Lack of true regional competition sucks!

 

[chronos4590]

So thats why my Netflix has been dropping and video quality has been so damn awful lately... >_>

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Fuck you verizon you pieces of shit

have fios and a verizon phone. cant wait until i can drop one or the other

 

[Armaros]

Fuck you verizon you pieces of shit

have fios and a verizon phone. cant wait until i can drop one or the other

Dropping Verizon means picking up Comcast, which is even worse for my area. They throttled me every night at a set time for everything, and not just netflix.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Dropping Verizon means picking up Comcast, which is even worse for my area. They throttled me every night at a set time for everything, and not just netflix.

Well my plan is to move elsewhere in the mobile space at least once I graduate. The internet space is a whole other matter though. Outside philly means I'm in comcast country. :\

The socialist in me wants nationalized 1gbps speeds but I have a better chance of me winning the lottery than that happening.

 

[charsace]

Cities need to run their own internet and tell these companies to fuck off. Internet is way to important to let private companies fuck people over.

 

[Syf]

Internet is way to important to let private companies fuck people over.

Yeah. It's absolute garbage what they can get away with. I can't wait for the government to smarten up and realize it.

 

[Ekdrm2d1]

Here's more on the latest speed index put out by Netflix:

http://blog.netflix.com/

lol google fiber

Spoiler

wow