Is that sarcasm or serious?
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Friday, October 14, 2016 10:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] "buffering" Because you porn and xnxx say buffering when they pause to buffer On Oct 14, 2016 9:34 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 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:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Friday, October 14, 2016 9:09 PM To: af <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 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?
