Research shows that nearly every U.S. cell provider is doing throttling

Re:Research shows that nearly every U.S. cell provider is do... by tinus_hn on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @10:00AM (#18015348)

4K video is about 25MBit. If I have a faster than 25Mbit internet connection I should be able to watch 4K video. This should be fairly obvious. Oversubscription is the responsibility of the ISP and it is not an excuse.

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Re:Research shows that nearly every U.S. cell provider is do... by nbhuik on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @10:14AM (#18015480)

Not with wireless. That depends on geography, interference, temporary usage peaks etc. Much more variable, limited and costly than a "static" line.

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Re:Research shows that nearly every U.S. cell provider is do... by tinus_hn on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @10:30AM (#18015624)

Wireless is pretty cheap compared to wired, because you don’t need the wires and laying the wires is the expensive part.

If you can’t give people 25Mbit connections with your wireless technology, don’t sell them 25MBit connections.

But coincidentally typically the stuff where the ISPs have all these terribly difficult problems are the services that refuse to pay their extra fees. Kind of like what happens to restaurants that don’t pay the protection fee.

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Re:Research shows that nearly every U.S. cell provider is do... by nbhuik on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @11:29AM (#18016101)

The article is about mobile carriers, not wisps. There is no point carrying on this "conversation".

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