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On 'network neutrality', I'm lost: Someone please clear this up for me, say, with this 'scenario': I pay my ISP for 15 Mbps download bandwidth, and some Web s
by graycat 12y ago
On 'network neutrality', I'm lost: Someone please clear this up for me, say, with this 'scenario':
I pay my ISP for 15 Mbps download bandwidth, and
some Web site with video clips pays their ISP for
10 Gbps upload bandwidth. So, I connect to that
Web site and download or 'stream' a video clip.
Then the
Web site better get their 1 Gbps upload bandwidth,
if they want to send that much, and if they send
me 15 Mbps of video then I better get the full
15 Mbps I paid for.
So, what's the role of 'fast lane', 'slow lane',
the Web site paying my ISP for 'more', 'slow downs',
etc.
Or as far as I can see, if I'm getting my 15 Mbps
(from any Web site sending me that much)
and the Web site is getting their 1 Gbps, everything
should be okay. Otherwise, either my ISP or the
Web site's ISP is not delivering what they were
paid for, and I have a tough time believing that that
would be common.
I'm failing to see the opportunity for funny business.
Or, yes, if use the Internet as a video phone, then
there could be issues of dropped packets, out of order
packets, latency, jitter, etc. -- is that what the
talk is about?
- GeneralMayhem 12y ago>either my ISP or the Web site's ISP is not delivering what they were paid for, and I have a tough time believing that that would be common. Believe it. It's happening today. Internet plans are always advertised as "up to" some speed, which is a logically meaningless statement. 0 is "up to" 15.