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I imagine cars are tested for max speeds much like ropes and carabiners are given weight ratings. The governor probably enforces these ratings because although
by samolang 13y ago
I imagine cars are tested for max speeds much like ropes and carabiners are given weight ratings. The governor probably enforces these ratings because although your car could go faster, things might start breaking. Faster internet speeds aren't going to melt your CPU.
- coldtea 13y ago>Faster internet speeds aren't going to melt your CPU. Not, but they are going to melt the network. Isn't it obvious, especially to a technical crowd like HN? And yet, you didn't mention this issue. Why?
- anigbrowl 13y agoThe issue isn't so much throttling as transparency. If you walk into a store as Joe/Jill Consumer and say 'gimme the best phone, whatever it is you like to sell' and they sell you an iPhone, you deserve to be made aware of the limitations imposed on your use of it (and I don't mine in the fine print on page 14 of the contract, or in some vague handwavey disclaimer).