Again, I was not commenting on the state of comcast's pipe. God knows I want it bigger. I was saying that some of the assumptions upon which he made based points were false.
------Original Message------ From: Nathan Angelacos To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style Sent: Dec 15, 2010 5:34 PM On 12/15/10 14:13, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:51:05 EST, Mikel Waxler said: > >> The reality is that most customers do not make uncapped connections. File >> servers cap bandwidth per user and certain services, like gaming or >> streaming media have a maximum rate. As long as the average data rate >> allocated per customer is close to the usage then customers will not notice >> the difference. Does it matter if it takes 10 seconds or 15 seconds to >> download a 5 minute youtube clip? > > The problem starts when that the choke point is congested enough that the > question isn't "10 seconds or 15", it's "4 mins 30 or 5 mins 30 for that 5 > minute clip". Buffer underruns are incredibly annoying. > Or, from personal experience: The movie stops because the buffer was exhausted, Netflix informs you "Your network connection has changed", shows a progress bar while it buffers /at a lower bitrate/. Then you get to watch the rest of the movie like it was 1995. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T