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Re:Cable ISP fined $10k for lying to FCC about where it offe... by old_hat on Sunday March 24, 2024 @08:12AM (#39806717)
fast.com checks the speed to Netflix servers. So if they juice that, they also have to juice Netflix streaming speed unless they've figured out a clever way to fingerprint just fast.com traffic over HTTPS.
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Re:Cable ISP fined $10k for lying to FCC about where it offe... by Zircom on Sunday March 24, 2024 @10:43PM (#39812437)
I'd assume a legitimate Netflix watching session looks pretty different from a speed test metadata wise. Small amounts of data sent for a bit while you're finding something to watch, then a consistent rate while you're streaming it, as opposed to an immediate maxing out of the connection for 45 seconds.
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