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more about #telecommunications whiteflea: I can build and repair computers all day long, but I'm lost when it comes to networking. So, I have a question: Going to the speedtest at SpeakEasy, I... more » Thomas Osborne: I think many confuse the bandwidth hogging with actual data downloaded. Their servers are already set to constantly move data regardless, so it doesn'... more » Thangka: I can tell you, having worked as an systems engineer for a high profile MCSE contracting for and during Comcast's HSI rollout and afterward, the hog i... more » madog: @mmmiles: How is there traffic abuse though? I think that's the point of this article. You can't use any more speed than what you pay for (of which on... more » phill.meredith: Jesus, 50GB a month is classed as being a hog?? I have just got Virgin 50MB uncapped and I download 100-200gb in a day sometimes. more » Kerfudle wants to be ❤'ed: I am going to have to disagree with you here. Here is the problem, 5% of people use 95% of the available bandwidth. I have a 20mbps internet connecti... more » ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD: Of course it doesn't exist. It's just a way for ISPs to cut off people who use what they pay for. more » mmmiles: Most traffic abuse comes from torrents and piracy at this time. At some point in the future, however, that heavyweight downloading is going to shift ... more » hbuzzell: The plans to charge the higher use customers unfortunately are usually written to catch a lot of users that are not downloading all day long, just nor... more » MrEvil: And what the ISP's keep doing is claiming that bandwidth is some finite resource, like ground water, or coal. Bandwidth is just the maximum amount of... more » Xagest: I was having this discussion with a friend the other day. He basically asked "Where did bandwidth come from, and how do people get it?" It was in ... more » Apollinarius: The way that the TCP/IP protocol works is that there are so called "data packets." They are all roughly the same size. If you were downloading a big f... more » DigitalPasture: Sorry... If I'm paying for a 14mbps connection I'm entitled to it. I signed a contract stating this. Then again, my ISP has never complained about m... more » CaseyG: The problem isn't that some users use "too much" bandwidth. The problem is that ISPs sell bandwidth under the assumption that users will make sporadi... more » Jim-Bob: I tend to think that it has more to do with the internet as an entertainment medium that threatens the media companies than anything relates to "bandw... more » SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: Tomorrow's headline. "Benoît Felten was found dead on his apartment, police suspect that the criminal used a telephone cable." more » Alchemistmerlin: Dear ISPs, I will pay more for service when you manage to scrap together a system that isn't slower than: Japan Korea Finland sweden France The Nether... more » Duckspwn: Gah. Not many things piss me off, but that picture is one of them. That kid makes me sick. I remember reading about it in the news and instantly losin... more » OCEntertainment: This concept has really made me rethink how net neutrality would work. In a similar Ars article, they made the point that if a single user did all the... more » smcallah: The bandwidth hog certainly exists. And by hog, I mean fucking bandwidth pigs. I work at a very large ISP. And have access to generate reports on t... more » -
#netneutrality
Is the 'Bandwidth Hog' a Myth?
Every ISP's discussions of pricing plans, net neutrality or piracy invoke the same faceless villains: the bandwidth hogs. Benoît Felten, analyst and blogger, has been working in telecom for over a decade, and he wants proof these monsters even exist. More » -
#google
Google Snaps Up One Million Phone Numbers As Google Voice Launch Looms Large
The chatter surrounding a Google Voice launch was downright feverish Thursday, prompting many to speculate the event was imminent. Details were sparse, and the launch didn't come, but Google is definitely ready to do something based on new info. More »
