bbayles

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   by bbayles 11y ago

   Quite so. Usually the same in mobile networks, but sometimes backhaul is a limitation there still.
2. 122.▲
   by bbayles 11y ago

   Interesting! I did a search and found one example - Exede? It's encouraging to see some experiments with this.
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   by bbayles 11y ago

   There are other ways to discriminate, but not many have been actually tried to my knowledge. One place where I worked studied a model with peak-load throttling. If you're trying to stream 4K video and the network isn't congested,
4. 124.▲
   by bbayles 11y ago

   I previously worked in engineering at ISPs. There are two points to make: (1) Monthly data caps do not help manage congestion, at least not directly. However, non-engineers have a lot of trouble understanding this. (2) Telling customer supp
5. 125.▲
   by bbayles 12y ago

   Right on. If we as a society want to help those whose skills don't command a high monetary value in the market, we should pay for that help as a society (through taxes)!
6. 126.▲
   by bbayles 12y ago

   The Economist describes the incident here: http://www.economist.com/node/149797
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   by bbayles 12y ago

   Clever! It reminds me of another story of broadcasting information such that only interested parties will receive it. In 1997, during an auction of wireless spectrum by the FCC, some of the participants colluded by stealthily signaling the