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What does full connection to the Internet mean? No ISP can guarantee it because any other independent network can drop traffic at will. And the Internet is just
by spindritf 12y ago
What does full connection to the Internet mean? No ISP can guarantee it because any other independent network can drop traffic at will. And the Internet is just a bunch of independent networks. The service you believe you paid for doesn't and cannot exist.
I can filter out all Comcast IPs on my firewall tomorrow if I feel like it. Many people actually do it to third world providers.
- talmand 12y agoThere's a difference between bits not being delivered because of the originating server failing to deliver and my ISP actively preventing delivery. "Unlimited Internet" has already been established in sales pitches for years, the language defined once people understood the concept of bandwidth caps. "Unlimited" means you have unlimited "access", not unlimited "bandwidth". This has been the industry's very own sales pitch for years.