On Monday 31 August 2009, Ed Greshko wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Monday 31 August 2009, Michael Hennebry wrote: >>> On Mon, 31 Aug 2009, Ed Greshko wrote: >>>> Gene Heskett wrote: >>>>> The latest insult is that news services, like cnn or fauxnews or the >>>>> bbc, are all being throttled, so if I want to watch a story without a >>>>> bunch of 20 second pauses in a 3 minute package, I'll pause it for a >>>>> minute or 5 & go check email, so it is all downloaded when I unpause >>>>> it. msnbc of course doesn't suffer from that throttling cuz its M$. >>>>> File fetching still has mostly full speed as those speeds are usually >>>>> reported by the app pulling the file. And so far, torrents are pretty >>>>> good if there are enough seeders. >>>> >>>> OK....so this is really "rant" about vz. And somehow vz is "in bed" >>>> with anything M$ cause it supposedly allows MSNBC through.... >>> >>> supposedly? >> >> Obviously the doubting Thomas here has never had to deal with vz an an >> ISP. I rest my case. > >I don't know what you are alleging.... > >MSNBC uses a Flash Player as does CNN, fauxnews, and the BBC. Of course >the flash players they use are all different. But, I believe the >underlying network protocol used to transfer data to the players is the >same. So, maybe you are alleging that vz is "controlling" bandwidth >based on source IP to discourage you from watching those other news >outlets that don't have MS in their names? > That is the feeling I am getting. There was a story on the beeb tonight but it was badly coded, and was not playable as it insisted on reloading the page to replay it. But, I just hit everybody but abc, even the beeb, and it is all working fairly well ATM. >Being in Taiwan I obviously don't have vz as my ISP. But, MSNBC, >fauxnews, and MSNBC works just fine while CNN can be jerky. I suppose, >based on your logic and no evidence, I can conclude that my ISP has >something against CNN. Maybe CNN had an unflattering article on 馬英九 >(President of Taiwan)? > >FWIW, I did ask my Dad in NJ to watch videos on each of those sites you >mention and to let me know which performed well and which didn't. He >said he watched 2 or 3 on each site and all were good. He is on vz. >Not sure of his plan...but I believe he has FIOS (forgot to ask). > >So, I have no doubt that you have having a bad experience with watching >videos....but it would seem a Federal law would be broken if what you >seem to be alleging is true. And, I suppose, it is only being broken >where you are as evidenced by my Dad's experience. Of course he is 83 >and may have nodded off while watching the videos and didn't notice >anything.... :-) Chuckle, while I OTOH, am only nearly 75, and can be presumed to be awake. Most of the time... -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> A hermit is a deserter from the army of humanity. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
