Because you porn and xnxx say buffering when they pause to buffer On Oct 14, 2016 9:34 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
> But that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m wondering if when a customer > talks about “buffering”, he really means having to wait for the video to > start playing. > > > > And maybe I’m confused because I assume everyone is using Netflix. And > I’m pretty sure Netflix starts the stream at a low quality so it starts > quickly, and then ramps up the quality as the buffer fills, since their > technology allows changing the stream quality on the fly. Other services > like maybe Hulu and Amazon Prime may behave differently. > > > > Also with my default assumption that people are using Netflix, I don’t > expect rebuffering because it’s been years since Netflix needed to stop and > rebuffer at a lower stream rate, I think they do that pretty seamlessly now. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Friday, October 14, 2016 9:09 PM > *To:* af <af@afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] "buffering" > > > > Well, people certainly want connections that support multiple streams. > Paying for it, I'm not so sure about... at least around these parts. > > > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Have you ever seen a 1080p youtube video load on a 1GbE active-E FTTH ISP > that has direct peering with Google from a router 2.5ms upstream? It's a > beautiful thing. > > People will absolutely pay for connections that support multiple streams, > take a typical family of 4 or 5 people with kids that want to watch videos > on tablets simultaneously... > > > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > When people say their video is “buffering”, I assume they mean > re-buffering, where the video stops and starts. > > > > I’m starting to wonder if some people are referring to the delay before > the video starts playing. Is this a thing? And do people pay for faster > Internet just to make the video start faster, like cut 15-20 seconds down > to 5 or 10 seconds? > > > > >
