Ask HN: Can US networks handle the coming increase in remote work and school?

Posted by koolba on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:12PM
from the ask-hn dept.

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Re:Ask HN: Can US networks handle the coming increase in rem... by blacksqr on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:31PM (#22553437)

Hm, maybe the government should require internet providers to stop artificially throttling bandwidth.

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Re:Ask HN: Can US networks handle the coming increase in rem... by skyde on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:34PM (#22553454)

this is a great idea

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Re:Ask HN: Can US networks handle the coming increase in rem... by cjbprime on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:32PM (#22553444)

Sure. All this stuff is background noise compared to the large uses like Netflix and BitTorrent etc.

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Re:Ask HN: Can US networks handle the coming increase in rem... by skyde on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @11:37PM (#22553475)

Right RDP traffic is not using more than 1.5-megabits/second.

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Re:Ask HN: Can US networks handle the coming increase in rem... by buboard on Thursday March 12, 2020 @04:43AM (#22554905)

can't they just throttle down netflix ?

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Re:Ask HN: Can US networks handle the coming increase in rem... by Yeet69 on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:05PM (#22558985)

net neutrality

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Re:Ask HN: Can US networks handle the coming increase in rem... by buboard on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:06PM (#22558993)

is not mandatory

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Re:Ask HN: Can US networks handle the coming increase in rem... by thechhaya on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:22PM (#22559240)

am gonna go with a big fat NO!

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