Re:The internet doesn't care about multiplayer games
by LoSboccacc on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @07:16AM
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isn't that already happened at peering level? Netflix shaping was doing the rounds on the news some years ago.
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Re:The internet doesn't care about multiplayer games
by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @07:58AM
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Netflix is a very special case. When your service comprises 10% of all Internet traffic, a lot of network management things that are normally irrelevant at the application level start to have shaping effects. A typical website won’t be affected at all by, like, Comcast’s peering policies.