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Re:T-Mobile’s Binge On Optimization is Just Throttling, Appl... by kevin_thibedeau on Monday January 04, 2016 @01:52PM (#10837582)
> It's built into most of the streaming protocols to downgrade on a slower connection.

You could tell that to PBS. Their mandatory ads are HD only and can't stream smoothly on low bandwidth links. Of course now that they've implemented a paywall for video it won't be an issue anymore as I spend my time elsewhere.

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Re:T-Mobile’s Binge On Optimization is Just Throttling, Appl... by SomeCallMeTim on Monday January 04, 2016 @02:54PM (#10838043)
Well, PBS is using a screwed up or misconfigured streaming server, then. As I said above, they are therefore at a competitive disadvantage.
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