Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Prices

Re:Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Pr... by paulddraper on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @05:33PM (#37757861)

> I have no other choice

There are approximately ~1 gazllion wireless internet providers where I live.

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Re:Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Pr... by eropple on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @08:38PM (#37759507)

1) Great! You don't live where the previous poster does, apparently.

2) For many people, wireless and wireline internet providers are not substitutable.

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Re:Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Pr... by paulddraper on Tuesday October 03, 2023 @11:18PM (#37760453)

#2 what is it about those people that make it that way?

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Re:Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Pr... by eropple on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @07:05AM (#37763440)

Latency. Bandwidth. The critical components of a network connection.

You couldn’t get me to put up with 5G latencies because I play multiplayer video games and you couldn’t get me to put up with 5G bandwidth because I need to ship hundreds-of-gigabytes video files around and I’m not putting up with sub-gigabit upload speeds.

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Re:Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Pr... by paulddraper on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @02:07PM (#37769226)

My goodness man :D

Just be glad you weren't around 15 years ago

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Re:Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Pr... by eropple on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @09:21PM (#37773859)

I had symmetrical gigabit FiOS in 2010. (I still have it today.)

Even if I didn't have symmetric gigabit, I also was working with 720p and 1080p video up until about 2013 and not 6K. Requirements shift over time.

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