A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours before the FCC vote

Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @09:30AM (#15914399)

> Second, the program is supposedly open for anyone to join.

Except it (a) isn't, and (b) even if it theoretically were, the model of having to follow the rules of every ISP on the planet to fall under their respective zero-rating plan, or even just the overhead of coordinating with them doesn't scale, and thus is inherently only an option for large companies. Being accessible globally via IP is a matter of renting a small virtual server for a few bucks a month. Being zero-rated by thousands of ISPs is a major undertaking.

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Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @03:15PM (#15917258)

Yeah, I know, but imagine if it was fully automated on both ends. The platonic ideal of letting all medium-bitrate video be cheaper is okay or at least not awful.

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Re:A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours b... by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @05:40PM (#15918383)

It would still be awful, because it would disadvantage other forms of content that have the same bandwidth needs but are not video, and also anything that doesn't have "both ends".

And also, obviously, that ideal is completely unrealistic: Either the ISP gets to look into the video stream to verify that it is indeed video, which would be awful, or what you in effect end up with is a flat rate for "medium bit rate connections", which would be fine, but absolutely not what any of those ISPs want.

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