Re: FCC proposes higher speed goals (100/20 Mbps) for USF providers

[Paul Timmins <paul () telcodata us>]

How many times have I seen an installer only download the parts it needs 
vs just reinstall the next version right over top of the existing 
version? I know stuff like xplane seems to do a comparison of file 
signatures and only downloads the changed parts for the updates between 
whatever version I have and whatever version is current now, but I'd 
imagine a lot of installers these days just take advantage of the fact 
the user has a super fast connection and they don't have to care about 
shipping the entire new installer just to run an update.

Not to mention whatever amounts of shovelware come with a few megabyte 
print driver for a modern printer/scanner/copier. Let's just include a 
copy of McAfee endpoint protection in this java update in case the user 
opts into selecting that as an option during install? etc.

-Paul

On 6/6/22 14:24, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com> said:
> > I meant downloads as in gigantic games. If you give them more
> > bandwidth it just encourages the game makes to build bigger game
> > downloads.
> I don't buy that - users are still constrained on storage, especially on
> consoles.