We do agree. So the two of us are good, maybe 200,000 others in the USA, give or take 100,000.
The rest want bars on the school doors and windows to prevent shoot shootings that are a fraction of the deaths caused by the cars they drive their kids to school in. They keep the kids inside so they don't get kidnapped while their kid gets a higher risk of death from poor fitness. They support the "war on drugs" and the "war on terror".
I honestly don't know what to do about them. If I try to talk about it, their eyes roll back into their head. If I talk about sports or the hit show, they're enthralled.
I want the truth. I don't want to be protected by ignorance.
However, I'm not sure if the majority of people actually feel this way. My wife and I are truthful to the other, in the extreme. It has meant our first year of marriage was AWFUL, and here 15 years later it is AMAZING, and continuing to get better. It is hard to speak and accept the truth, but it is worth it IF you are willing to handle it.
Again, I'm not sure everyone, or even a majority, is willing to handle it correctly. It is an honest question.
Since when the fuck did the traditional pure metal signs go out of style?
Since we figured out that electronically changing the message on a sign was MUCH more cost effective than printing a new one each time the message changed.
"Road closed from June 1st to June 14th" Oh, shit, now we need one that says "No left turn from 8a-5p until August 1st", I guess will order a new sign...
Also, don't discount the usefulness of re-routing traffic when there is a large planned or unplanned event, like a sports event or an Interstate closing because of a massive wreck.
This is a lot of great info, but what I want to know is will Sprint move to GSM or T-Mobile to CDMA?
I have a Verizon CDMA phone, and *HATE* it. Call management (3-way or more, call waiting, etc) is a nightmare on CDMA. Plus, CDMA is not common outside North America.
I really hope to see Sprint drop CDMA, but will they, or will they remove features from their T-Mobile imports?
Internet access isn't needed, though. You can do some searching and find ATM hacks using the mag card reader. I would assume that with enough playing around, there may be a key combination that could cause an exploit on the slots, but the cameras all over the casino do a good job mitigating that threat.
I've used apps that have payment systems like you describe, and I've found it to be a completely fair balance between free trial and paying, and I usually pay.
Neither are studios like TellTale that create episodic content. Often, the first episode is free, and you pay per episode after that. They create new content, and if I like what I've had so far, I pay for more. We both win. The developer gets more money and I get more content.
EA, et all, ARE assholes. There is no full version, but there is an endless gauntlet of payments that come up for as long as you play the game. THIS SUCKS, and I've stopped this treadmill.
Those family members already have POTS service. Some do not need Internet, but all would like it.
Where they live, cellular is NOT an option. No Internet service exists (not even slow and rickety DSL) that they can use for VoIP, as Satellite-based Internet has too high of a RTT to work.
The phone companies want to take away their POTS service.
I'm fine with that, as long as they have something that is at least the same cost & functionality running over VoIP.
Again, MANDATE LTE coverage without limits (my grandma can talk as long as she wants over POTS on a local call with no extra fees), OR, mandate fiber be put in to replace the POTS infrastructure.
Universal service is a something we have had for a long time and depend on. Your food is grown by people that use this.
If that means we have to charge a USF for everyone's Internet, fine with me. If that means we quit spending USF money for things that are not related to providing Universal internet access, also fine (there is a lot of waste there).
What isn't fine is removing an infrastructure that everyone that has ever had a phone paid for with USFs, and not putting in a modern replacement. Essentially, that is theft.
I have several family members without access to any network than can support VoIP. Another's only choice is LTE via HomeFusion from Verizon. 30GB for $130 a month. Have you tried running a modern family of 6 people (each with their own tablet, phone, and then the varied internet connected devices like DVRs and consoles) on 30GB? It sucks.
If they mandate unlimited LTE at a reasonable price or mandate fiber optic instead, then I agree this would be great & we should kill POTS.
If this is just a scheme to get people that pay $30/mo for phone service to start paying $100 a month for internet + voice, then it should die.
1. Traffic Shaping *CAN* be done in a Network Neutral way. If all RTP traffic is higher than all SMTP traffic (regardless if the RTP traffic is from my house to a friend and the SMTP traffic is from Comcast), then you have preserved NETWORK (not traffic) neutrality. I think this is acceptable to most people that support Network Neutrality.
2. Traffic Shaping should only be used in bursts. If you are using it for hours at a time, BUY MORE CAPACITY. I've yet to see any shaping that works as well as more capacity. In other words, if your ISP is saturated every night between suppertime and bedtime, they need more capacity. If they use shaping to make sure a sudden burst of downloads for the latest Apple iOS updates don't impact VoIP and Video RTP for their customers, that is a good thing.
No exceptions. I'm surprised Comcast even allowed that.
Comcast, as much as I hate them, actually solved this by assigning IPv6 addresses to their modem (or your modem as the case may be), and then bridging the IPv4 customer side separately. I *think* the IPv6 side is also bridged, but it could be routed. They have been forward-thinking on IPv6, and the 2 carriers I can think of that are not Comcast that you might work for have been dragging their feet. The time to deploy IPv6 was years ago, at least on the network management side.
No one wants to be reminded that all of that debt and extra "education" may not have been required. It is less disturbing for many to claim they made the best choice where there was no good one.
As soon as Google gets some penalty from a government regarding their use of a dominant position as a search engine to mandate that the use of their services requires using their social network (Google+), then I'll entertain the idea that Microsoft could get penalized for this.
Until then, I'm pretty sure MS is safe from the governments.
The first Xbox shipped with an ethernet connection when most people were on dial-up.
My point is that they could have played to the majority that have a high-bandwidth connection and leave the PS4 and the Xbox 360 for those that don't. Don't try to be everything to everyone.
They could have gone without a disc.Make it like a Steam box.
There are rumors they considered it, and I wish they would have. Chances are they could have still bundled the Kinect and been at price parity without the BD drive.
I was really looking forward to the discless console. I don't normally resell my games, and I have a gamer family of 4 with multiple consoles. For me, it was a huge win to buy everything digital and never have it damaged, be able to play it on every device without buying a second copy, etc... Plus, they had the option to cut out the distribution layer. Even if they didn't lower the price for the digital copy, more money would have gone directly to the developer, and I'm sure some of it would have also gone to Microsoft.
They majorly screwed up the PR around this, though, and backed out. When all of the "always on" rumors started, they should have jumped on it explaining all of the benefits of a digital download only model. Instead, they did a "no comment" and everyone focused on the negatives.
(UDP is designed to drop packets, TCP is designed to make sure none are dropped and all arrive in the proper order)
TCP will re-transmit dropped packets, but this means by definition that some will arrive out of order. The reason TCP is a bad protocol for voice is that you don't have time to reassemble the packets. The only way you can use TCP to insure that you have 100% packet in order (on a network you don't control, like the Internet) is to have a HUGE buffer. That buffer is delay. So, I might have perfect audio quality, even on a congested line, but there will be a noticeable 1-2 second delay.
UDP doesn't re-transmit, and this is perfect for VoIP because you ideally only want a 10-30ms buffer, and if a packet is outside of that, you just drop it & live without it.
They do. It is called HomeFusion. It costs $120/mo for 30gb, but is constantly used to incorrectly claim that Comcast has competition.
As for your other points: -FiOS is in very few markets. If FiOS is no longer being deployed, it isn't true competition to Comcast. You can't claim they are true competition if they don't plan to compete for the same market. (5 million FiOS vs 24.1 million Comcast, with only Comcast growing) -2016 sunset or not, my point was to rebut your claim that Verizon and Comcast are competitors. Their actions over the last year or so are not that competitive. -DSL is a joke. The speeds do not compare, and the distance limitations mean that the reach will never equal cable. -The link to Verizon works in Chrome & IE 11. Not sure what the issue is with your browser.
To be clear, you actually feel there is healthy competition for high-speed (greater than 10mbps, unlimited) Internet? Is that the point you're trying to make? That is the point I'm calling bullshit on. If your point is something else, maybe we agree.
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Yet, you call this man a good friend, even though he supported an agency that you compare to the STASI?
We do agree. So the two of us are good, maybe 200,000 others in the USA, give or take 100,000.
The rest want bars on the school doors and windows to prevent shoot shootings that are a fraction of the deaths caused by the cars they drive their kids to school in. They keep the kids inside so they don't get kidnapped while their kid gets a higher risk of death from poor fitness. They support the "war on drugs" and the "war on terror".
I honestly don't know what to do about them. If I try to talk about it, their eyes roll back into their head.
If I talk about sports or the hit show, they're enthralled.
Again, Huxley was right.
Yes. (Quote from Men in Black)
I want the truth. I don't want to be protected by ignorance.
However, I'm not sure if the majority of people actually feel this way. My wife and I are truthful to the other, in the extreme. It has meant our first year of marriage was AWFUL, and here 15 years later it is AMAZING, and continuing to get better. It is hard to speak and accept the truth, but it is worth it IF you are willing to handle it.
Again, I'm not sure everyone, or even a majority, is willing to handle it correctly. It is an honest question.
Edwards: Why the big secret? People are smart. They can handle it.
Kay: A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.
Since when the fuck did the traditional pure metal signs go out of style?
Since we figured out that electronically changing the message on a sign was MUCH more cost effective than printing a new one each time the message changed.
"Road closed from June 1st to June 14th" Oh, shit, now we need one that says "No left turn from 8a-5p until August 1st", I guess will order a new sign...
Also, don't discount the usefulness of re-routing traffic when there is a large planned or unplanned event, like a sports event or an Interstate closing because of a massive wreck.
This is a lot of great info, but what I want to know is will Sprint move to GSM or T-Mobile to CDMA?
I have a Verizon CDMA phone, and *HATE* it. Call management (3-way or more, call waiting, etc) is a nightmare on CDMA. Plus, CDMA is not common outside North America.
I really hope to see Sprint drop CDMA, but will they, or will they remove features from their T-Mobile imports?
Internet access isn't needed, though. You can do some searching and find ATM hacks using the mag card reader.
I would assume that with enough playing around, there may be a key combination that could cause an exploit on the slots, but the cameras all over the casino do a good job mitigating that threat.
While these are good points, you did forget to point out the 2.7 metric fucktons of snow that Lake Michigan deposits on you.
You are not an asshole.
I've used apps that have payment systems like you describe, and I've found it to be a completely fair balance between free trial and paying, and I usually pay.
Neither are studios like TellTale that create episodic content. Often, the first episode is free, and you pay per episode after that. They create new content, and if I like what I've had so far, I pay for more. We both win. The developer gets more money and I get more content.
EA, et all, ARE assholes. There is no full version, but there is an endless gauntlet of payments that come up for as long as you play the game. THIS SUCKS, and I've stopped this treadmill.
Telco profits were good 15 years ago. Since then - not so much
Try again.
Verizon made (net profit, after taxes, etc) over 11 BILLION in 2013. AT&T made over $18B.
I'm sure it wasn't because he made a typo on a comment. Grow up.
You're making a false choice.
Those family members already have POTS service. Some do not need Internet, but all would like it.
Where they live, cellular is NOT an option. No Internet service exists (not even slow and rickety DSL) that they can use for VoIP, as Satellite-based Internet has too high of a RTT to work.
The phone companies want to take away their POTS service.
I'm fine with that, as long as they have something that is at least the same cost & functionality running over VoIP.
Again, MANDATE LTE coverage without limits (my grandma can talk as long as she wants over POTS on a local call with no extra fees), OR, mandate fiber be put in to replace the POTS infrastructure.
Universal service is a something we have had for a long time and depend on. Your food is grown by people that use this.
If that means we have to charge a USF for everyone's Internet, fine with me. If that means we quit spending USF money for things that are not related to providing Universal internet access, also fine (there is a lot of waste there).
What isn't fine is removing an infrastructure that everyone that has ever had a phone paid for with USFs, and not putting in a modern replacement. Essentially, that is theft.
They will just be connected to SIP now
And what will the SIP run on?
I have several family members without access to any network than can support VoIP. Another's only choice is LTE via HomeFusion from Verizon. 30GB for $130 a month. Have you tried running a modern family of 6 people (each with their own tablet, phone, and then the varied internet connected devices like DVRs and consoles) on 30GB? It sucks.
If they mandate unlimited LTE at a reasonable price or mandate fiber optic instead, then I agree this would be great & we should kill POTS.
If this is just a scheme to get people that pay $30/mo for phone service to start paying $100 a month for internet + voice, then it should die.
Couple things:
1. Traffic Shaping *CAN* be done in a Network Neutral way. If all RTP traffic is higher than all SMTP traffic (regardless if the RTP traffic is from my house to a friend and the SMTP traffic is from Comcast), then you have preserved NETWORK (not traffic) neutrality. I think this is acceptable to most people that support Network Neutrality.
2. Traffic Shaping should only be used in bursts. If you are using it for hours at a time, BUY MORE CAPACITY. I've yet to see any shaping that works as well as more capacity.
In other words, if your ISP is saturated every night between suppertime and bedtime, they need more capacity.
If they use shaping to make sure a sudden burst of downloads for the latest Apple iOS updates don't impact VoIP and Video RTP for their customers, that is a good thing.
Slow clap.
Wish I had mod points.
Sokath, his eyes uncovered!
No exceptions. I'm surprised Comcast even allowed that.
Comcast, as much as I hate them, actually solved this by assigning IPv6 addresses to their modem (or your modem as the case may be), and then bridging the IPv4 customer side separately. I *think* the IPv6 side is also bridged, but it could be routed.
They have been forward-thinking on IPv6, and the 2 carriers I can think of that are not Comcast that you might work for have been dragging their feet. The time to deploy IPv6 was years ago, at least on the network management side.
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I agree with your post, have no mod points, and have nothing else useful to add. :)
No one wants to be reminded that all of that debt and extra "education" may not have been required.
It is less disturbing for many to claim they made the best choice where there was no good one.
As soon as Google gets some penalty from a government regarding their use of a dominant position as a search engine to mandate that the use of their services requires using their social network (Google+), then I'll entertain the idea that Microsoft could get penalized for this.
Until then, I'm pretty sure MS is safe from the governments.
The first Xbox shipped with an ethernet connection when most people were on dial-up.
My point is that they could have played to the majority that have a high-bandwidth connection and leave the PS4 and the Xbox 360 for those that don't. Don't try to be everything to everyone.
They could have gone without a disc.Make it like a Steam box.
There are rumors they considered it, and I wish they would have. Chances are they could have still bundled the Kinect and been at price parity without the BD drive.
I was really looking forward to the discless console. I don't normally resell my games, and I have a gamer family of 4 with multiple consoles. For me, it was a huge win to buy everything digital and never have it damaged, be able to play it on every device without buying a second copy, etc...
Plus, they had the option to cut out the distribution layer. Even if they didn't lower the price for the digital copy, more money would have gone directly to the developer, and I'm sure some of it would have also gone to Microsoft.
They majorly screwed up the PR around this, though, and backed out. When all of the "always on" rumors started, they should have jumped on it explaining all of the benefits of a digital download only model. Instead, they did a "no comment" and everyone focused on the negatives.
(UDP is designed to drop packets, TCP is designed to make sure none are dropped and all arrive in the proper order)
TCP will re-transmit dropped packets, but this means by definition that some will arrive out of order.
The reason TCP is a bad protocol for voice is that you don't have time to reassemble the packets. The only way you can use TCP to insure that you have 100% packet in order (on a network you don't control, like the Internet) is to have a HUGE buffer. That buffer is delay. So, I might have perfect audio quality, even on a congested line, but there will be a noticeable 1-2 second delay.
UDP doesn't re-transmit, and this is perfect for VoIP because you ideally only want a 10-30ms buffer, and if a packet is outside of that, you just drop it & live without it.
Verizon Wireless a) doesn't offer broadband
They do. It is called HomeFusion. It costs $120/mo for 30gb, but is constantly used to incorrectly claim that Comcast has competition.
As for your other points:
-FiOS is in very few markets. If FiOS is no longer being deployed, it isn't true competition to Comcast. You can't claim they are true competition if they don't plan to compete for the same market. (5 million FiOS vs 24.1 million Comcast, with only Comcast growing)
-2016 sunset or not, my point was to rebut your claim that Verizon and Comcast are competitors. Their actions over the last year or so are not that competitive.
-DSL is a joke. The speeds do not compare, and the distance limitations mean that the reach will never equal cable.
-The link to Verizon works in Chrome & IE 11. Not sure what the issue is with your browser.
To be clear, you actually feel there is healthy competition for high-speed (greater than 10mbps, unlimited) Internet? Is that the point you're trying to make? That is the point I'm calling bullshit on.
If your point is something else, maybe we agree.
Comcast *does* compete with Verizon -- directly.
Yet, they are partners:
http://www.verizonwireless.com...
Their FiOS and DSL options are direct competition for both TV and high-speed Internet
You mean the FiOS that they're not going to deploy anymore?
http://gizmodo.com/5503428/ver...
http://www.dslreports.com/show...
Tell me more fantasy of broadband competition. This is fun!