[142327] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Painter)
Wed Jun 22 16:46:04 2011
From: "Michael Painter" <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
To: "NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:45:38 -1000
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Landon Stewart wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Jeroen van Aart <jeroen@mompl.net> wrote:
>
>> If you have a 100 mbps broadband connection and your toddlers are slowing
>> down your video conference call with your boss by watching the newest Dexter
>> (hah!). Then your *need* can be easily satisfied by telling your toddlers to
>> cut the crap for a while. Sure it'd be nice if your toddlers could watch
>> Dexter kill another victim whilst you were having a smooth video conference
>> talk with your boss, but it's not necessary.
>>
>
> +1 best comment I've read all day :-D
I just *have* to say, "me too"...and as Jeroen says, some things work fine just the way they are.
I waited 30+ years to be able to see the puck in a Hockey game via OTA Broadcast HDTV, and now Genachowski wants to use
that spectrum so I can watch the game on a 3x3 in. screen.<sigh>
