T-Mobile’s Binge On Optimization is Just Throttling, Applies Indiscriminately

Re:T-Mobile’s Binge On Optimization is Just Throttling, Appl... by hammock on Monday January 04, 2016 @01:50PM (#10837567)

>* Now it comes out that video not even covered by the service must be heavily compressed...

Actually if you read the article, it says there is no compression happening at all. Just throttling.

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Re:T-Mobile’s Binge On Optimization is Just Throttling, Appl... by Klathmon on Monday January 04, 2016 @01:52PM (#10837580)

I guess i should have worded that differently.

It must be heavily compressed to play-back without stopping.

So unless the server has the ability to change the bitrate on the fly, the video won't stream right at all.

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