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Comcast Will Limit Xfinity Mobile Video Streaming Resolution (engadget.com)
Xfinity Mobile customers will soon see a change to their video streams. From a report: In the coming weeks, videos streamed using cellular data will be limited to 480p resolution, a move that other carriers including T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint have implemented for certain plans in the past. Videos streamed over WiFi won't be affected by the change and Comcast says that it will offer the option to stream 720p video over cellular data for an added fee later this year. Until that plan becomes available, customers who would like to continue streaming video at 720p will be able to do so for no charge, they'll just have to call the carrier in order to set that up. Additionally, users with an unlimited plan will see their hotspot speeds capped at 600 Kbps.
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Yet they'll not realize that it is essentially pointless because mobiles don't have a decent resolutions for useful HD, it's just crushed in to such a small screen.,
480p is fine for mobiles.
Only if you have a >10inch screen would HD make sense to even want.
Of course, people will say "but I am using my phone as an internet connection for laptop", yeah well pay up bucko, that wasn't in your terms.
Still a dick move, but this is what you get when you stand back and let your communications regulator fuck your country over instead of taking the incompetent scummy corrupt pricks to supreme court.
Time to use that VPN service, so the ISP isn't dinking with what you are doing constantly.
Who are these people who are trying to stream 720p or 1080p video on their 5" phone screen? This seems like a sensible network congestion prevention practice on the part of mobile operators. I know I sure don't want to not be able to get email or surf the web because everyone around me is chilling with netflix.
So not only does a mobile user need to pay T-Mobile, Sprint, etc for data, but then they need pay Comcast for the ability to use that data if it's >480p?!
Wow. Good thing the FCC / FTC / current administration all have the consumers back.........
"Just look at all of the innovation in service pricing we've unleashed! Clearly, this will lead to better service and consumer experiences. This is the kind of greatness you can have without all of that pesky bad government regulation."
- Ajit Pai Verizon Lawyer, FCC Chairman.
600 Kbps? other networks give full speed till about 20G.
Any ways what is next at home speeds caped at say 5meg for non Comcast network useless you pay $50/mo month or get multi gig at $300/mo?
In my experience with Comcast, changing any service typically results in having to reactivate all devices again. Often not a biggie for TV boxes, but can be a hassle for internet.
For subscribers calling in to keep 720p video streaming, be aware your home internet connection could reset, requiring reactivation. In addition, while on the phone, be wary of upsells and other suggested changes. Why anyone would sign up with Comcast / Xfinity for cell service is beyond me. I suppose the Quad Play (or whatever they call it) may be cheaper for some, but still seems a huge risk. Generally, better to keep one's internet and cell phone service separate.
Welcome back to the fukening. This is the kind of shit that happens without NN. It has nothing to do with physical bandwidth capabilities. Charging for drops of water from an ocean while making you think it's a puddle.
So not only does a mobile user need to pay T-Mobile, Sprint, etc for data, but then they need pay Comcast for the ability to use that data if it's >480p?!
Wow. Good thing the FCC / FTC / current administration all have the consumers back.........
Okay, so quick question: would the Net Neutrality rules, as implemented by the FCC before the recent walk-back, have prevented this?
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This kids is one of the little gems, if any, of encrypted media extensions. They will not be able to use those little boxes from Sandvine that downgrade media, online, mitm style. It's the 90's all over again except ISP's aren't selling dialup with "excelleration" which is nothing more then their intercepting and severely compressing images. They've moved on to other content.
Get fucked Sandvine and all your Elk.
The details don't matter. You're being screwed and have no choice about it.
...480 is quite sufficient for a tablet, which has a smaller screen size than the first TVs...
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/02/politics/michael-cohen-donald-trump/index.html No streaming in Federal Prison Trumpies.
and get punked down to SD. Greedy Trumpians in the Greedy Trumpian dark ages.
I predict sometime soon as fragmentation of video services and content continue we will start to see video services changing their systems to prevent providers from screwing with them to gain competitive advantage.
I think the higher the quality the worse the stability get's with cellular anyway. Then they talk about 5G fixing everything. I'll believe that when I see it. With all the great quality large screens out there and super fast broadband, who watches video content on the smartphone all the time? Other then the short YouTube video, or cat video? Some people think they are watching everything in 4K but in reality not much content is done in it. Frankly, 480p would be more stable and satisfy most on a small screen device.
Yea, "users with an unlimited plan will see their hotspot speeds capped at 600 Kbps." So, IOW, it is not unlimited, there being a very strict and specific limit.
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
1.5TB per 31 day month, artificially capped by the 600Kbps rate limit.
Even in Africa they have unlimited 2Mbps connections
But didn't the FCC say that we didn't need a higher definition of broadband because people could use mobile for high speed access?
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
This is going into play so that, later on, they will announce this ' limitation ' will not impact customers who are streaming from Xfinity's own video services.
So, if I got this straight,in order to get a decent resolution on a cellular connected laptop or tablet, one now needs to first stream it to their desktop at home, and then through a VPN it to another endpoint site, and then finally to their laptop. Yes, I can really see this improving service quality. Thanks Comcast. /s
What, you don't parse contracts with a dictionary and a lawyer like a normal person surely does? It's unlimited data, not unlimited bandwidth! You can download all you want. You'll just be doing it VERY SLOWLY.
It it smells dead, it's dead.
Sniff, sniff, sniff, sniff. PU.
Yeah buddy. BSD is deader than a possum at dinnertime in coontown.
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If the streaming is over HTTPS they shouldn't be able to throttle based on video resolution. Yes, they can throttle based on data rates and the source network address but that's still going to be a crude mechanism. Constant quality video should have variable bitrates anyway.
For people who believe these guys when they offer something... this is a bit like going to a buffet where they offer "all you can eat," and "unlimited numbers of trips to the buffet line," but you can only use one plate at a time, the plates are handed out at the end of a long line and only one at a time, after the person handing the plates out verifies that you paid for the buffet by checking your receipt, (and does this each time, and marks down the time and checks your ID, so no receipt, no plate, and if someone ELSE besides you comes up with your receipt, they simply take your receipt away, meaning no more buffet,) and also the plates are actually saucers normally used with teacups. Kinda sucks the fun out of the whole experience. That said, of course, fuck Comcast.
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