Net neutrality update

[tw]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

One package I had contained 128 channels I was paying for, that were religion, or in a foreign language. But I had to buy them to get what I really wanted.

Then it gets even more interesting. Comcast fills that cable with stations duplicated. You play $50 per month for low resolution TV. Or pay extra to have access to other channels that carry the same TV show in HD.

One can get full High Definition via an OTA antennas. But one must pay extra for it from Comcast.

So channel 5 consumes 6 Mhz for the low resolution version. And another 5 Mhz for the same channel 5 TV show in high resolution.

They could have broadcast to everyone only in High Definition. Then that massive available bandwidth can be used to avoid internet congestion. But that would not increase profits. And get the information providers to pay for infrastructure upgrades.

Meanwhile customers must pay $100 per month for the same TV resolution that is standard in OTA broadcasts. Just another way to increase profits so that Comcast can buy more companies, build more skyscrapers, etc.

With destruction of net neutrality, it will only get worse (more expensive) faster.

[tw]

Originally Posted by tw

So channel 5 consumes 6 Mhz for the low resolution version. And another 5 Mhz for the same channel 5 TV show in high resolution.

I am now informed that each channel is broadcast on three channels on cable. One in analog. One in digital. And third in high definition. For each upgrade they charge more.

Meanwhile broadcast TV broadcasts everything only in HD - and for free.

If Comcast cannot provide full bandwidth to all customers, then they are wasting bandwidth to increase profits. Instead they want to restrict bandwidth and even charge the Content Providers (ie YouTube, Netflix, Hulu) a surcharge.

All done because they have no competition - having bought the politicians they need.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by tw

I am now informed that each channel is broadcast on three channels on cable. One in analog. One in digital. And third in high definition. For each upgrade they charge more.

Meanwhile broadcast TV broadcasts everything only in HD - and for free

Wow, you really are on top of things aren't you?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Got an email tonight.

It’s Fios® Customer Appreciation Month. And to thank you for your loyalty, your internet has been upgraded to ultrafast Fios 100/100M—at no additional cost. With this upgrade, you can now stream and upload faster than before, and connect more devices at the same time.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Got an email tonight.
"It’s Fios® Customer Appreciation Month. And to thank you for your loyalty, your internet has been upgraded to ultrafast Fios 100/100M—at no additional cost. With this upgrade, you can now stream and upload faster than before, and connect more devices at the same time.

When my monthly report came from Sam Knows the performance seemed to be as promised.



It looks like they track and chart the performance of major video purveyors buy since I don't use them there's no data.



Yesterday I got another email.


I don't know if it was a, we upgraded you during the hectic holiday season so we're sending this in case you didn't notice.
Or it could be a, we upgraded your speed so get out there and use it for all these addicting pursuits that will make you even more dependant on us.

[Griff]

Luxury. We still carry data in buckets from the well.

[glatt]

We paid for the FIOS upgrade when we renewed our contract. I didn't notice a difference when i ran speed tests from my laptop and phone over wifi.

So I was about to bitch to Verizon, and got on the PC upstairs that is wired to the network, and it had the new higher speed.

So I realized my wifi connection was fooked. I switched to the other channel and got almost the advertised speed on my phone and laptop.

It's one of those chores that I'm not motivated to do, tinker with the wifi to get the speed we are paying for. What we have is fast enough.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Griff

Luxury. We still carry data in buckets from the well.

Mine comes in on a truck.

Packed in straw.

[tw]

Originally Posted by Griff

We still carry data in buckets from the well.

Is that The Don's wall? Do you mean 5 billion bitcoins in buckets?

Never mind. The Don now says we will be discussing this for months or years.

[tw]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Wow, you really are on top of things aren't you?

Always amazing how simple technical facts impress wacko extremists.

It is the difference between moderates who are educated verse Rush Limbaugh and Fox New disciples who are so easily brainwashed.

Unfortunately too many adults are still children - easily brainwashed by talk show hosts. So Trump is the president. And a economic recession has started.

He does not badmouth the Don - an anti-American Hitler and Putin lover. So moderates must attack that low intelligence. The Don says we must be this way. It must continue until even wacko extremists (all similar to Henry Quirk) finally admit to their mistake.

Shocking are how the non-Americans hear remain silent - do not constantly post what the rest of the free world sees. The President of France says Europe needs a European army to protect itself from America. Once, that was ridiculous. Not today. View Gravdigr posts to appreciate the new threat - an adult who is thinking like a child.

Sorry. This is not nasty enough because you are a wacko extremist Donald Trump (anti-American) supporter. As demonstrated by tacit support for KKK, Nazis, and White Supremacists. Extermist hate and the love of The Don earns you this honesty.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by tw

Extermist hate and the love of The Don earns you this honesty.

You wouldn't know 'honesty' if honesty butt-fucked you while wearing a shirt that says "You're being butt-fucked by Honesty".

And learn to spell, ya dumbass.

[henry quirk]

"It must continue until even wacko extremists (all similar to Henry Quirk) finally admit to their mistake."

Which mistake is that?

Entertaining 'you'?

And, please, define 'wacko extremist'. You been tossin' that out for ages without any real explanation.

Finally: it's gratifyin' to be in your head so much that you use me as 'example'. You love me and want to give me babies. Wish I could oblige (cuz this old world needs more of 'me' in it) but you just ain't my cuppa tea.

[tw]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

And, please, define 'wacko extremist'.

An example:

Originally Posted by henry quirk

Of course [Trumps] a lyin' motherfucker,
...
I didn't hire him to be honest, I hired him to wreck shit.

Little different from bin Laden, Nazis, White Supremacists, KKK, and Timothy McVeigh.

[tw]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

You wouldn't know 'honesty' if honesty butt-fucked

An honest man could defend himself with simple factual statements. A wacko extremists (ie Nazi, White Supremacist, or KKK) must resort to threats and profanity. An example of an adults who thinks like a child.

Complete with a tantrum. What an example.

And now you want to be an English Nazi to boot?