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Re: Binge On! - get your umbrellas out, stuff's hitting the fan.


From: Alan Buxey <A.L.M.Buxey () lboro ac uk>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 10:38:58 +0000

You're assuming that people are only using phones with their SIM - those that use a mifi dongle and thus view content 
on a tablet or laptop will notice

We could rate limit traffic from YouTube to 1.5mbps and let the adaptive streaming knock the steam to 480p bit our 
users with 100mbit connections might wonder why they cannot view 720p or 1080p - and why spicy they view such content - 
its like putting back the web and online video services 5 years.  Where does it stop?  320x240 ?

Bulk data and background update processes are things that could possibly by throttled - after all,  that's pretty much 
what QoS does.  Most of my phone data is google play software updates and on woes phone ios and itunes store updates - 
it doesn't matter if the update ticks along in the background. Audio and video need to be good.

alan


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