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The ISP might be doing it knowing you're connecting to Netflix. But if you do a VPN, they don't know those specific packets are going to Netflix, so they can't
by atonse 8y ago
The ISP might be doing it knowing you're connecting to Netflix.
But if you do a VPN, they don't know those specific packets are going to Netflix, so they can't shape the packets.
- dboreham 8y agoThey certainly can shape any traffic you cause to transit their network. What you mean is they can't selectively shape that traffic. But then why would they want to do that?
- nitrogen 8y ago"Why" doesn't matter when it has already been proven that they do. Just search through HN for any discussion of net neutrality.
- eximius 8y agoIf they can degrade your traffic from 1080p to 720p without a customer complaining, then they don't need to expand their network to support more users which increases their profit margins. In short, because they can and they're assholes.
- kingosticks 8y agoWouldn't it be appear more performant to queue latency insensitive packets separately to others?