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The ISPs have been under that pressure for decades and dragged their feet because they had monopolies to protect them. Getting pity for them when the proverbia
by hrktb 7y ago
The ISPs have been under that pressure for decades and dragged their feet because they had monopolies to protect them.
Getting pity for them when the proverbial fecal matter hits the fan is a big ask IMO.
On Netflix’s side, they sure are in a hard place, I’d wish govs. would foot part of the bill, as it’s directly helping people stay at home.
- avh02 7y agoI think it's times like this where the government should just sigh and once this is over, come back to have a very stern conversation with ISPs. Unfortunately internet is critical infrastructure, and kicking and screaming "this is bull" doesn't help alleviate traffic. I'm in Europe, I'm kind of "wtf?" about this, but I get it. I'd rather have lower quality netflix than a broken internet where I can't work from home and have to figure out how I earn my paycheck.
- azepoi 7y agoThere will be a lot of very stern conversations when this is over...
- pythonaut_16 7y agoThis position is flawed IMO. We postpone the hard conversation to get through the crisis. Then after the crisis the hard conversation never happens.
- avh02 7y agoi guess how I take things personally vs how an org takes it, but I don't think it would be productive to berate someone for mistakes made while they're trying to fix/respond to it. At that point what's done is done and all that matters is handling it. It'd just add to the cognitive load and noise. But you're right, people also forget to come back and be like "let's talk" - at the same time - given how relatively embarrassing this is for a government (and how economy-critical it is) I'm definite this conversation will be had.