[133676] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Wed Dec 15 17:13:41 2010
To: Mikel Waxler <dooser@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:51:05 EST."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:13:02 -0500
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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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.
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