mhammett’s Comments

• Dec 12th, 2016 @ 4:35am

  Re: Pure lies, and refusal to help

  on Windstream To Farmer: Sure, We'll Give You Fiber Broadband -- For $383,500
  Communications is *always* measured in bits per second, not bytes per second. It sounds like things were just fine until whatever upgrade thing started happening.
• Aug 15th, 2015 @ 7:48pm

  Re: fiber

  on Windstream To Farmer: Sure, We'll Give You Fiber Broadband -- For $383,500
  Well, there is hybrid fiber\power cable for tower applications. The cellular industry uses it pretty heavily now. For actual infrastructure, it's not impossible, just not done and not overly practical.
• Aug 14th, 2015 @ 6:15pm

  Re: bs

  on Windstream To Farmer: Sure, We'll Give You Fiber Broadband -- For $383,500
  That's common in tech reporting.
• Aug 14th, 2015 @ 6:15pm

  Re: I love the numbers and Claims

  on Windstream To Farmer: Sure, We'll Give You Fiber Broadband -- For $383,500
  Fixed Wireless serves most residents not served by DSL and cable.
• Aug 14th, 2015 @ 6:10pm

  Re: Re: Lumping of ISPs

  on Windstream To Farmer: Sure, We'll Give You Fiber Broadband -- For $383,500
  I do just that, but it gets kinda old everyone thinking you want to sacrifice their firstborn just because you sell Internet service.
• Aug 14th, 2015 @ 6:08pm

  Re: Re: Lumping of ISPs

  on Windstream To Farmer: Sure, We'll Give You Fiber Broadband -- For $383,500
  That is highly incorrect. Most ISPs see lots of competition. The few ISPs people love to hate (and for good reason), don't.
• Aug 14th, 2015 @ 4:56am

  Lumping of ISPs

  on Windstream To Farmer: Sure, We'll Give You Fiber Broadband -- For $383,500
  I wish publications would do a little more to not lump all ISPs into one barrel. Sure, this article does a little more than normal to make a distinction, but the general theme is still "ALL ISPS ARE BAD!!!!"
  
  It makes it hard for us independents to compete against the big guys.
• Mar 6th, 2015 @ 12:52pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: This isn't a net neutrality issue

  on Comcast Blocks HBO Go From Working On Playstation 4, Won't Coherently Explain Why
  No, there are no packets being treated differently. The packets never originate. Comcast never gave Sony access to the authentication server to do HBO Go. Comcast just isn't on the list of providers you can choose from.
  
  Very much *not* network neutrality.
  
  You make my point without acknowledging it. Comcast couldn't possibly interfere with packets on someone else's network and it still doesn't work. That means it's nothing to do with Net Neutrality.
• Mar 6th, 2015 @ 6:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Net Neutrality...

  on Comcast Blocks HBO Go From Working On Playstation 4, Won't Coherently Explain Why
  You say every major ISP, but you mean every major TV provider. For example, DirecTV is not an ISP, but is a TV provider. You can authenticate your DirecTV TV subscription on your Comcast Internet connection.
  
  You're free to believe it, but there's no regulation about being incorrect.
• Mar 6th, 2015 @ 5:51am

  Re: Re:

  on Comcast Blocks HBO Go From Working On Playstation 4, Won't Coherently Explain Why
  I would love to know the details of their interconnection. If you have the details, please let us know!
• Mar 6th, 2015 @ 5:48am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Neutral networks

  on Comcast Blocks HBO Go From Working On Playstation 4, Won't Coherently Explain Why
  Tommy Wheeler came up with fast lanes, not ISPs.
  
  Zero rated apps sound great.
• Mar 6th, 2015 @ 5:43am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Neutral networks

  on Comcast Blocks HBO Go From Working On Playstation 4, Won't Coherently Explain Why
  You say no other ISP has had any problems, but you should be saying no other TV provider has had any problems... because that's where the problem lies. Not with the ISP, but with the TV.
• Mar 6th, 2015 @ 5:40am

  Re:

  on Comcast Blocks HBO Go From Working On Playstation 4, Won't Coherently Explain Why
  In the world of TV, the content creators (HBO, Viacom, etc.) set the rules.
• Mar 6th, 2015 @ 5:39am

  Re: Funny how that works isn't it?

  on Comcast Blocks HBO Go From Working On Playstation 4, Won't Coherently Explain Why
  Completely unrelated. NetFlix was a paid peering vs. settlement free peering dispute. NetFlix didn't want to pay anything and COmcast disagreed. NetFlix departed from the established CDNs which do pay for their peering to ensure quality IP (afterall, that's exactly what their clients pay them for) to roll their own, hoping they could strong-arm entities into free connections.
  
  Now I personally would thoroughly enjoy a settlement free interconnection with NetFlix (hopefully later this year or next?), but it was Comcast's decision to not. Highly dubious motivation, I'm sure, but their decision.
• Mar 6th, 2015 @ 5:34am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I can tell you why

  on Comcast Blocks HBO Go From Working On Playstation 4, Won't Coherently Explain Why
  There is a huge difference between refusal to authenticate and throttling. One is the TV division, one is the Internet division. One is not subject to net neutrality regulation, while the other is.
  
  You are correct in that they both result from Comcast being a dick, but you can't regulate that out of somebody. If they're a dick, they'll always find a new way to be a dick.
  
  Once again, nothing t all to do with Net neutrality and the Internet, everything to do with TV.
• Mar 6th, 2015 @ 5:28am

  Re:

  on Comcast Blocks HBO Go From Working On Playstation 4, Won't Coherently Explain Why
  Okay, this has nothing to do with their Internet service. If you had Comcast TV and AT&T Internet, it still wouldn't work. Comcast's servers that authenticate with HBO to determine if you're an eligible subscriber haven't completed the integration work. This may very well be intentional on Comcast's behalf, but has nothing to do with their Internet service and therefore has jack shit to do with Net Neutrality.
  
  If you had DirecTV service and Comcast Internet, I bet it would work just fine.
  
  If you had an HBO subscription directly with HBO, you could do this on Comcast.
• Mar 6th, 2015 @ 5:28am

  (untitled comment)

  on Comcast Blocks HBO Go From Working On Playstation 4, Won't Coherently Explain Why
  I don't know the details behind HBO Go on PS4 on Comcast. However...
  
  ESPN 3 (or 360 or whatever) isn't available on many ISPs including mine and I'm not blocking a thing. ESPN charges ISPs for access to their service and as a business decision, I (and many others) don't pay them for that access. I have to pay for every subscriber I have to access ESPN 3, whether they will ever use it or not.
  
  That's the Net Neutrality I care about... content providers forcing me to pay for their garbage just like the cable TV subscription model.
  
  There's not enough evidence here to say what's going on., but Comcast hasn't blocked anything yet, so I'll reserve my decision until someone technical reports on the issue.