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- The comments actually now show up the weakness of where I was about to make a comment. P2P by itself is not actually the main culprit. video streaming or any srtreaming client ---> server is...
- Web browsers have a very different bandwidth profile, but your point is valid in that other types of services can saturate a connection. Certainly any UDP service can do this. We used to take high...
- Hey Sean, I also agree with you - the oversubscription for low-cost purposes is an issue I didn't touch here, but may in the future. Good insight though. --Kyle
- Hey Chris, Thanks. I'll agree with too many streams saturating a connection... this is a known problem. Depending on, say, the Torrent client you use, you can decide whether or not you want to...
- I work for an ISP. We sell primarily to businesses. Our products are priced such that the price charged to the customer includes the fully burdened cost of providing that service. e.g. we make a...
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As I’m sure you’ve noticed from any number of sources (blogs, newspapers, word of mouth, etc.), Netflix had a 3-day shipping problem which they’ve apparently resolved today.
Their answer to a week-long situation (depending on who you are and where you live it could have been longer than the 3-day period) is to give a refund […] ... Continue reading »
Their answer to a week-long situation (depending on who you are and where you live it could have been longer than the 3-day period) is to give a refund […] ... Continue reading »
10 months ago
10 months ago
This is the same situation as if you rented space on a server somewhere, and it went down for a week where it wasn't your fault, and the hosts didn't tell/ask you in advance. They're legally obligated to compensate you somehow, usually in legalese as an SLA with refund or payment reduction.
So, thanks for playing anyways.
--Kyle