Due to Net Neutrality laws, the other Tier 2 providers have to accept their traffic the same as people down or upstream. So, basically, they have to shoulder the extra data without compensation. And if Netflix/Google/Etc. start sending them more traffic, they have no recourse.
That being said, I think ISPs need SOME form of control, but Title II was too onerous for small-time ISPs to gain entry.
Netflix connects directly to an IXP, and is at the same "Tier" level as Comcast, sometimes even more upstream. This is far, far less expensive than having to go through an ISP like us mere mortals.
Because of Net Neutrality Laws, now Comcast has to shoulder the increased cost of all that traffic without being able to charge. And Netflix/Google/Facebook are enshrined at their IXP without consequence.
I'm not the hugest fan of Verizon for some of the shady things they are doing, but the cries that this runs afoul of Net Neutrality are a bit alarmist. Unless I'm reading the article incorrectly, they are throttling bandwidth such that 720p will come through ok, but 1080p will not. I'm reading that as a global throttling, not just for video. Am I wrong?
First of all, there is no cash handout...this is 3 Billion dollars in tax incentives. If Foxconn does nothing, they get $0 in taxes, so, where is the harm?
Also:
State payouts are contingent on Foxconn's performance at multiple levels...but even if that weren't the case, Foxconn will have to make good on their commitment to spend $8-10 Billion on the construction of the plant, which will employ 10,000 construction workers for several years. There is already talk of Corning building a $1 Billion glass factory nearby to support operations (with another 400 employees), and a conservative estimate of 100 Wisconsin suppliers will also benefit from the manufacturing. This doesn't take into account housing development, payroll taxes, or any number of other tangible benefits.
I get that $3 Billion is a lot of money, but an analysis focused only on Foxconn misses the point entirely.
As someone on the grandfathered Verizon unlimited plan, I'm seriously considering buying an unsubsidized phone.
My wife traded it for a 5GB plan, and has gone over her data plan with only limited youtube usage. Once XLTE gets implemented, that means you can burn through your data even faster.
It's either that or go to Sprint, which I understand in recent years has turned down the "suck" lately, and actually has decent speeds, coverage, and unlimited data.
I dated a girl who was a "deaf studies" major. She even got her Masters at Galludet, and is a signer somewhere on the East Coast.
I really dodged a bullet when she broke up with me. I was seeing myself having to agree with her as to the validity of "Deaf Culture" to maintain peace in the house.
But, seeing as she stomped my heart flat, I can say this without fear of reprisal: It's a support group, not a culture. Once technology has advanced such that it is no longer an issue, it will fade. Take that, Carrie Coffey (nee Rogers)!
Eve online did it first, and paid a price for doing it incorrectly...they've since apologized and said they will roll it out right.
Meanwhile, WoW is hemorrhaging users...this can only further accelerate their departure, as people find a game with more meaning...Should provide some tasty n00bs to pod...
Seee...that's part of the suck-fest. In this one, you play a prototype Big Daddy (only done so they can explain how you can upgrade your gun/drill/use plasmids), who has to protect the little sisters from a little sister who grew up, returned to Rapture, and spliced herself into an ultra-agile big-daddy style suit (think "ninja" big-daddy).
Bioshock 2 is not going to be as good a sequel as System Shock 2 was to System Shock.
Virtually no RPG elements, and a tired re-tread of Bioshock with vaguely new elements (I.E. taking the one "protect the little sister" element from the first one and repeat it several times in this game). It's going to be, at most, a "meh" experience.
Microsoft wants the OSS community to do its leg-work for them to prove that all the patents are in the public domain, thereby saving them lawyering fees. At $7000 a patent, they are protected. Once they make a small-time claim, OSS proves it is in the public domain, and *poof* MS never has to worry about someone ELSE trying to patent the obvious and using it against MS in a much more costly litigation.
When you have many people purchasing, you can order in larger quantities, and lower prices all around.
If people demand it, the market should supply it.
I say we develop a "one child per laptop" organization. It's function would be to convince governments to develop laws mandating that you can only have a child if you have a laptop.
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Bzzzzt. Wrong.
The "Big Boys" (Google/Amazon/Netflix/etc.) Connect to the internet through IXPs (Internet Exchange Points)
These are the major link-ups between networks. They connect at the same levels as Comcast/Verizon/etc. (Tier 2 Providers), as seen here:
Clicky Clicky!
Due to Net Neutrality laws, the other Tier 2 providers have to accept their traffic the same as people down or upstream. So, basically, they have to shoulder the extra data without compensation. And if Netflix/Google/Etc. start sending them more traffic, they have no recourse.
That being said, I think ISPs need SOME form of control, but Title II was too onerous for small-time ISPs to gain entry.
Netflix connects directly to an IXP, and is at the same "Tier" level as Comcast, sometimes even more upstream. This is far, far less expensive than having to go through an ISP like us mere mortals.
Because of Net Neutrality Laws, now Comcast has to shoulder the increased cost of all that traffic without being able to charge. And Netflix/Google/Facebook are enshrined at their IXP without consequence.
Anyone else read this first as "Fontaine Futuristics"?
Is the business model just not there? FTTP services are shuttering a lot these days...what's the issue?
I'm not the hugest fan of Verizon for some of the shady things they are doing, but the cries that this runs afoul of Net Neutrality are a bit alarmist. Unless I'm reading the article incorrectly, they are throttling bandwidth such that 720p will come through ok, but 1080p will not. I'm reading that as a global throttling, not just for video. Am I wrong?
First of all, there is no cash handout...this is 3 Billion dollars in tax incentives. If Foxconn does nothing, they get $0 in taxes, so, where is the harm?
Also:
State payouts are contingent on Foxconn's performance at multiple levels...but even if that weren't the case, Foxconn will have to make good on their commitment to spend $8-10 Billion on the construction of the plant, which will employ 10,000 construction workers for several years. There is already talk of Corning building a $1 Billion glass factory nearby to support operations (with another 400 employees), and a conservative estimate of 100 Wisconsin suppliers will also benefit from the manufacturing. This doesn't take into account housing development, payroll taxes, or any number of other tangible benefits.
I get that $3 Billion is a lot of money, but an analysis focused only on Foxconn misses the point entirely.
You sir, owe me a new keyboard.
As someone on the grandfathered Verizon unlimited plan, I'm seriously considering buying an unsubsidized phone.
My wife traded it for a 5GB plan, and has gone over her data plan with only limited youtube usage. Once XLTE gets implemented, that means you can burn through your data even faster.
It's either that or go to Sprint, which I understand in recent years has turned down the "suck" lately, and actually has decent speeds, coverage, and unlimited data.
Ara. A.R.A.
Please show us more nerd pr0n of sexy, sexy pebbles sliding out of the exoskeleton. Then tell us it is coming out in October.
What do you mean validity?
I am no moral relativist, and personally think that some cultures are seriously fucked up. However, I don't know what you mean by "validity".
It certainly exists. Are you saying it shouldn't (if so why) or that it has some fucked up aspects to it?
It's a support group, not a culture.
I dated a girl who was a "deaf studies" major. She even got her Masters at Galludet, and is a signer somewhere on the East Coast.
I really dodged a bullet when she broke up with me. I was seeing myself having to agree with her as to the validity of "Deaf Culture" to maintain peace in the house.
But, seeing as she stomped my heart flat, I can say this without fear of reprisal: It's a support group, not a culture. Once technology has advanced such that it is no longer an issue, it will fade. Take that, Carrie Coffey (nee Rogers)!
...until the paychecks from the Patent Trolls' lobby clears.
Eve online did it first, and paid a price for doing it incorrectly...they've since apologized and said they will roll it out right.
Meanwhile, WoW is hemorrhaging users...this can only further accelerate their departure, as people find a game with more meaning...Should provide some tasty n00bs to pod...
LOVE IT....and 300mil is only one plex. You heard about the other one, right?
http://mofo.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=7309710
Oh, what the hell, I'll go for the obvious joke here:
*ahem*
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
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Seee...that's part of the suck-fest. In this one, you play a prototype Big Daddy (only done so they can explain how you can upgrade your gun/drill/use plasmids), who has to protect the little sisters from a little sister who grew up, returned to Rapture, and spliced herself into an ultra-agile big-daddy style suit (think "ninja" big-daddy).
Lame-sauce.
Bioshock 2 is not going to be as good a sequel as System Shock 2 was to System Shock.
Virtually no RPG elements, and a tired re-tread of Bioshock with vaguely new elements (I.E. taking the one "protect the little sister" element from the first one and repeat it several times in this game). It's going to be, at most, a "meh" experience.
And Gun control. I want her out (icanhzfiftycal?).
The only issue that has ever come up is:
1) When a customer comes in, and we have to come in on our day off
and
2) Because of the increased rest on a three-day weekend, people use less vacation time, resulting in the office being virtually deserted in December.
UK ambassador to asshole Uzbekistan? Wo wi wow wow. I think someone has already done a comprehensive documentary on the subject
Microsoft wants the OSS community to do its leg-work for them to prove that all the patents are in the public domain, thereby saving them lawyering fees. At $7000 a patent, they are protected. Once they make a small-time claim, OSS proves it is in the public domain, and *poof* MS never has to worry about someone ELSE trying to patent the obvious and using it against MS in a much more costly litigation.
Brilliant, actually.
Joe
I'm having trouble discerning whether this is a REALLY clever troll, someone making t3h fun-nay, or a rabid greenie.
The first two, bravo. The third? Crack a book. Notably, State of Fear by Michael Crichton.
Now PETA is going to have to side against North Korea...muwahahahaha. PETA and bush on the same side...never thought I'd see the day...
When you have many people purchasing, you can order in larger quantities, and lower prices all around.
If people demand it, the market should supply it.
I say we develop a "one child per laptop" organization. It's function would be to convince governments to develop laws mandating that you can only have a child if you have a laptop.