Sep 20, 2017
7:50:59am
7:50:59am
We don't live in 2010. We live in 2017. There can't be throttling of Netflix.
https://www.wired.com/2014/06/net_neutrality_missing/
The only trouble is that, here in the year 2014, complaints about a fast-lane don’t make much sense. Today, privileged companies—including Google, Facebook, and Netflix—already benefit from what are essentially internet fast lanes, and this has been the case for years. Such web giants—and others—now have direct connections to big ISPs like Comcast and Verizon, and they run dedicated computer servers deep inside these ISPs.
This article is from 2014. The excerpt is even more true now.
The only trouble is that, here in the year 2014, complaints about a fast-lane don’t make much sense. Today, privileged companies—including Google, Facebook, and Netflix—already benefit from what are essentially internet fast lanes, and this has been the case for years. Such web giants—and others—now have direct connections to big ISPs like Comcast and Verizon, and they run dedicated computer servers deep inside these ISPs.
This article is from 2014. The excerpt is even more true now.
Originally posted on Sep 20, 2017 at 7:50:59am
Message modified by fbguru on Sep 20, 2017 at 7:52:32am
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