Amen. I was surprised that a mention of Comcast's advertised SpeedBooster technology fell this far down the thread. I can verify that Comcast does boost the speed of downloads (and sometimes it seems even uploads at times) for a brief period of time. I think it's somewhere around the first 20MB or so get a nice boost and then your download tapers down to the speed you should be getting. So technically Comcast is going to get good marks in the speed test because of the brief boost you get, but this boost happens on nearly all downloads where the sending server can manage that speed...
I haven't read everything there is to read about these new bills that are being proposed, but I don't get how they will really effect online poker and such? I've used my fair share of poker sites and programs over the last few years and I think I've only used ONE that actually allows you to take money out directly from your bank. Most bank debit cards and other credit card prohibit the use of their card for 'gaming charges' so, 9 out of 10 gambling sites out there usually go through another site to deposit money. NetTeller and FirePay being the 2 most popular. So technically the banks aren't 'involved' in the online gambling in that case anyway. Is this not true? or is there something I'm missing? I really don't see this doing much of anything against the online poker business.
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Amen. I was surprised that a mention of Comcast's advertised SpeedBooster technology fell this far down the thread. I can verify that Comcast does boost the speed of downloads (and sometimes it seems even uploads at times) for a brief period of time. I think it's somewhere around the first 20MB or so get a nice boost and then your download tapers down to the speed you should be getting. So technically Comcast is going to get good marks in the speed test because of the brief boost you get, but this boost happens on nearly all downloads where the sending server can manage that speed...
I haven't read everything there is to read about these new bills that are being proposed, but I don't get how they will really effect online poker and such? I've used my fair share of poker sites and programs over the last few years and I think I've only used ONE that actually allows you to take money out directly from your bank. Most bank debit cards and other credit card prohibit the use of their card for 'gaming charges' so, 9 out of 10 gambling sites out there usually go through another site to deposit money. NetTeller and FirePay being the 2 most popular. So technically the banks aren't 'involved' in the online gambling in that case anyway. Is this not true? or is there something I'm missing? I really don't see this doing much of anything against the online poker business.