• Verison now throttling AWS (Hint: Netflix), Other CDNs soon likely
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[quote]Towards the end of January, the president of our company – iScan Online, Inc., was complaining that our service was experiencing major slowdowns. I investigated the issue, but I couldn’t find anything wrong with our production environment. We were stumped. One evening I also noticed a slowdown while using our service from my house. I realized that the one thing in common between me and our president was that we both had FiOS internet service from Verizon. Since we host all of our infrastructure on Amazon’s AWS – I decided to do a little test – I grabbed a URL from AWS S3 and loaded it. 40kB/s. - WTF. I also noticed that our Netflix streaming quality is awful compared to just a few weeks ago. Next, I remoted into our office – about a mile away from my house. I tested the same link – 5000kB/s. So I contacted Verizon support over their live chat. Verizon had me do a speedtest - 75Mb/s. He says “You have excellent Bandwidth – is there anything else I can help you with?” I replied – “Yes. Why are these files slow…” So he proceeded to walk me through various troubleshooting: “reboot your router…” “make sure your system has latest updates… “change your wifi channel” After about 30 minutes of this – I grew impatient. I explained to him that there was something limiting the speed on their side. He remoted into my system with a screen sharing tool, and I showed him my remote screen to the connection at the office. He kept on saying that bandwidth is different for different locations etc… That’s when I decided to press him. Here is a screen capture of the final part of our chat: [/quote] [img]http://davesblog.com/images/verizon_fail.png[/img] [url]http://davesblog.com/blog/2014/02/05/verizon-using-recent-net-neutrality-victory-to-wage-war-against-netflix/[/url]
Why build out infrastructure when you can just tighten down services? Reminder, Verizon's stopped building out FiOS. :v:
Rat bastards. Come on FCC, reclassify them.
glad I don't use verizon
Welcome to: net neutrality death's effects.
And people wouldn't believe the horror scenarios.
If they're allowed to get away with this for more than a week or so, AT&T is going to start doing it too.
I wish they were only allowed to advertise their most throttled speed.
I'm telling you guys, if there's not some sort of reversal of all the legal stuff behind this soon, people [i]will[/i] take this into their own hands and start a new civil war.
[QUOTE=VinLAURiA;43819440]I'm telling you guys, if there's not some sort of reversal of all the legal stuff behind this soon, people [i]will[/i] take this into their own hands and start a new civil war.[/QUOTE] settle down beavis no one is gonna die over ISPs being shitheads
[QUOTE=VinLAURiA;43819440]I'm telling you guys, if there's not some sort of reversal of all the legal stuff behind this soon, people [I]will[/I] take this into their own hands and start a new civil war.[/QUOTE] They didn't for the patriot act, they didn't for the legalization of gay marriage, they didn't for anything the NSA has ever done, they didn't for [I]anything in the past decade[/I]. Why would anyone start over [I]this?[/I]
guys the judges that record conversations on type writers and court cases using caricatures said this would not hurt the consumer one bit, they know what they are talking about :suicide: [editline]7th February 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Ray-The-Sun;43819461]They didn't for the patriot act, they didn't for the legalization of gay marriage, they didn't for anything the NSA has ever done, they didn't for [I]anything in the past decade[/I]. Why would anyone start over [I]this?[/I][/QUOTE] cas this will effect peoples porn
Netflix won't take this kindly
[QUOTE=Ray-The-Sun;43819461]They didn't for the patriot act, they didn't for the legalization of gay marriage, they didn't for anything the NSA has ever done, they didn't for [I]anything in the past decade[/I]. Why would anyone start over [I]this?[/I][/QUOTE] Like the oligopoly won't continue to push and push their limits in their efforts to save a buck and squeeze as much cash out of us as possible through "premium" plans designed to make up for all the speed and bandwidth we're losing from our current ones. Even the masses have their patience, and now that we've given these guys the keys to the gate between Americans and the freest, most unregulated place we know of... I dunno. There's never been anything like the Internet before and for the longest time it's far outpaced legislation or corporate control, and now suddenly a select few have the power to close that off from the rest of us for their own profit. I don't think people will just lie down and take this. The internet has become a [url=http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/reclaiming-the-commons/the-hidden-commons]commons[/url]; the biggest one on Earth besides maybe nature itself. Speaking of which, remember when that one douche from Nestle said that companies should start privatizing access to public or natural water sources for profit? People [i]ripped[/i] into him. That was a hypothetical and yet I clearly remember people refusing to address him as a person, calling him "it" and saying he just forfeited his own humanity and demanding someone "destroy [assassinate] the defective unit" because he dared suggest taking a basic resource openly available to all and try to turn it into yet another corporate asset; monetizing it and deny people access to it unless they pay up. Only this time it's not hypothetical.
[QUOTE=VinLAURiA;43819508]Like the oligopoly won't continue to push and push their limits in their efforts to save a buck and squeeze as much cash out of us as possible through "premium" plans designed to make up for all the cash we're losing. Even the masses have their patience, and now that we've given these guys the keys to the gate between Americans and the freest, most unregulated place we know of... I dunno. There's never been anything like the Internet before and for the longest time it's far outpaced legislation or corporate control, and now suddenly a select few have the power to close that off from the rest of us for their own profit. I don't think people will just lie down and take this. The internet has become a [url=http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/reclaiming-the-commons/the-hidden-commons]commons[/url]; the biggest one on Earth.[/QUOTE] any armed militia uprising would have 100 atrocities committed against them before they could even leave their homes. a civil war would not end well for us civilians
Again, in areas where there's only one ISP, what are you going to do but either take it up the ass or go without? Last month, my power company DOUBLED their rates. Reason? Because they just fucking can. What's anyone going to do, go without power? I still say the stars on our flag should be changed to dollar signs
I didn't say it would end well, I said this is the kind of thing that would actually [i]spark[/i] an uprising if it continues down the path it's starting to take.
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;43819503]Netflix won't take this kindly[/QUOTE] its not just netflix, hulu has the MPAA and most of Hollywood as their backers, meaning this is literally the biggest industry in america vs the second biggest industry in america, it will be a bloodbath of legislation if hulu decides to get in on this fight, course they could just roll over and pay the fees, but amazon and Google are already pledged to fight this, so its a very very expensive battle in the making
[QUOTE=TheTalon;43819537]Again, in areas where there's only one ISP, what are you going to do but either take it up the ass or go without? Last month, my power company DOUBLED their rates. Reason? Because they just fucking can. What's anyone going to do, go without power?[/QUOTE] mediacom straight-up lied about old users being grandfathered in with unlimited bandwidth when they changed their policy to have dumbass data caps
[QUOTE=TheHydra;43819551]mediacom straight-up lied about old users being grandfathered in with unlimited bandwidth when they changed their policy to have dumbass data caps[/QUOTE] I have Mediacom and they sure as fuck did. I detest Mediacom with every fiber of my being for all the headaches they put me through. I can't even download a file without using a file manager because 50% of the time, that percentage increasing the bigger the file is, my internet shuts off and restarts while downloading, meaning I have to completely restart that download. And this problem is a software problem on their end. I'm basically being scammed out of my limited bandwidth that I shouldn't even have a limit on. Not only that it's costing me $140/mo. Cox cable was interested in coming over and buying the county outright from them, along with their infrastructure, but after examining it they said hell no, your equipment is too far gone to be used, and would cost us too much to replace. What other country pays $140/mo for 20/2 with data caps. That 20Down 2 up also slows to 2/2 during peak hours. Shit my Cell phone provides cheaper, faster, and less restrictive internet than that And because the USA is nothing but money hungry looking to squeak every cent out of every ass they can, even on top of billion dollar PROFITS, they'll fuck it all up for everyone
Sign a petition to save the internet? sure. Join a militia and pick a fight with tha man to preserve it? naw. I'd just stop paying for it.
[QUOTE=tirpider;43819581]I'd just stop paying for it.[/QUOTE] I worry how plausible that actually is in today's net-driven world, in terms of how it would affect your quality of life or ability to function in modern society.
*cough* [url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/05/verizon_throttle_denial/[/url]
[QUOTE=VinLAURiA;43819601]I worry how plausible that actually is in today's net-driven world, in terms of how it would affect your quality of life or ability to function in modern society.[/QUOTE] Not much. I also don't have a car, a phone (home or cell), or any kind of digital antenna for TV. All it would impact is my ability to interact with forums, email, and online games. The first 2 could be done from the library or cafe. Home internet access is purely an entertainment expense for me. I would be upset if I had to give it up. But the graffiti in my neighborhood would get more interesting because of it. -edit wait... All the tutorials I'm reading... all the wierdo parts shopping... I just downloaded Cryengine to give it a test drive... Yeah, losing internet would screw half my projects. Now I'm sad.
someone should throttle verizon in the dick
Does anyone know if Comcast has plans for this in the near future? Also, how is it legal for Verizon to change the plans for those that already subscribed to their services like that?
My electric, garbage, internet, water and insurance bills are all paid online. Two of them automatically. Anything I need that a store near me doesn't have I can order from it. I have access to Not one or two news sources, but EVERY news source from around the world, I communicate with a thousand people a day through it, and as of 2011, Disconnecting people from the internet is a human right violation, as it should be with how ingrained it is with everything in a country like the US. Allowing private companies to just do what they please for the sake of money (As they tend to do) is going to be a problem
This is fucking outrageous. If they think they can get away with this, they're going to be able to get away with fucking anything. Nobody's going to stop them. This is how the internet dies.
I have Verizon :v: everything works fine, SO FAR I'm actually very happy because it's, ok, not 100% as fast as they say, (quantum that is), but it's one of the fastest you can get. However, it's going to become insanely fucking unpleasurable really fast if they do this kind of bullshit for real.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;43819711]My electric, garbage, internet, water and insurance bills are all paid online. Two of them automatically. Anything I need that a store near me doesn't have I can order from it. I have access to Not one or two news sources, but EVERY news source from around the world, I communicate with a thousand people a day through it, and as of 2011, Disconnecting people from the internet is a human right violation, as it should be with how ingrained it is with everything in a country like the US. Allowing private companies to just do what they please for the sake of money (As they tend to do) is going to be a problem[/QUOTE] Only one problem with all of this: Most private companies don't really give a shit about their user or customer base - just look at YouTube and the recent fiascos it suffered thanks to Google messing everything up. A bunch of guys even made plans to upload their vids elsewhere.
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