Service Providers (Internet, TV, Etc)
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Palum
what Suineg set it to
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Oh, oh, and then let them slowly form back together over the course of 2-3 decades until they're basically the same?
Really the answer to this is to force them to open their lines to competition just like POTS and Wireless carriers. MVNO's have made a huge impact on the wireless market and back in the day a similar things happened when AT&T was forced to allow other carriers to resell on their copper.
Drakurii
Golden Baron of the Realm
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Password Sharing is Theft and Its Killing Cable TV
Whatever you call it, it's killing the cable tv business.
It's no secret that young people like to consume entertainment they don't necessarily pay for.
But when business and tech types talk about this reality, they tend to use neutral or even flattering language: Millennials, they say, like to "swap" files and "share" subscription passwords. After all, super-earnest, bike-commuting, coffee-sipping twenty-somethings don't look like dangerous criminals. And let's face it, no business wants to alienate the work-force's largest generational cohort, with billions, if not trillions, worth of spending ahead of it.
But now some Wall Street analysts have decided to come right out and use another S word-steal-in discussing the problems facing some traditional media enterprises.
"The millennials are a generation that grew up (and will likely grow old) 'sharing' (read stealing) passwords for access to content if it continues to be ignored," wrote analysts Mike McCormack, Scott Goldman, and Tudor Mustata in a note to clients Tuesday. "We believe it is the most significant cause of the declining pay TV subscriber base."
Whatever you call it, it's killing the cable tv business.
It's no secret that young people like to consume entertainment they don't necessarily pay for.
But when business and tech types talk about this reality, they tend to use neutral or even flattering language: Millennials, they say, like to "swap" files and "share" subscription passwords. After all, super-earnest, bike-commuting, coffee-sipping twenty-somethings don't look like dangerous criminals. And let's face it, no business wants to alienate the work-force's largest generational cohort, with billions, if not trillions, worth of spending ahead of it.
But now some Wall Street analysts have decided to come right out and use another S word-steal-in discussing the problems facing some traditional media enterprises.
"The millennials are a generation that grew up (and will likely grow old) 'sharing' (read stealing) passwords for access to content if it continues to be ignored," wrote analysts Mike McCormack, Scott Goldman, and Tudor Mustata in a note to clients Tuesday. "We believe it is the most significant cause of the declining pay TV subscriber base."
Agraza
Registered Hutt
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fucking el oh el. reminds me of buying singles vs. buying a whole cd when shit like itunes started. dude, I don't want the 8 shit songs that go with the 2 good ones and 2 OK ones. I'm not paying $15 so I can listen to 2-4 songs. same shit with cable. shit is on all the time, but I don't actually watch all the time. I watch perhaps 10 hours of programming a week. I'll pay for that, np. I don't want the other 400 channels 24/7 each 30 days. Sell me my 10 hours and fuck off.
Selix
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Combined with really shitty programming and delivery models that can't keep up with the times.
lurker
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Quick question? My provider says they're giving me 100mbps. With an Ethernet cable between my router and my PC (a Sony Vaio), I can get 100 or better. Wireless I get 50 tops. Where's the bottleneck?
The internet is cable. The modem is a Motorola/Arris SB6141 and the router is an Asus RT-AC68U.
The internet is cable. The modem is a Motorola/Arris SB6141 and the router is an Asus RT-AC68U.
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Check that the ethernet cable is Cat5e(or above) and you likely won't have any problems with 100mbit+. Technically, cat5 can handle 100mbit tops, but you really shouldn't use cat5 anymore. Especially if you're getting a NAS like you posted in the other thread. The other two things you posted support GbE.
Probably just interference. Download wifi analyzer or similar app and do a channel scan. Or just change channels on your router until you get better speeds. Also, try connecting via 5ghz if you arent already.
This is also true. Even 2.4ghz 802.11n 20mhz channel width tops out at 65 theoretical Mbps, so 50Mbps TCP in the real world is about as good as it could get (TCP traffic has more overhead, UDP would get you closer to air rate). It is unlikely that a 40mhz channel width will provide improved performance at 2.4ghz unless you are very rural. You will need a good clear channel to surpass 50Mbps TCP in 802.11n 5ghz, or move to AC.
