Re: [FRIAM] NetFlix Internet Share: 1/3 down, 10% up!

2014-11-21 Thread Steve Smith
Roger - But I have no idea what I could be sending Netflix that occupies 1/4 the bandwidth that I get from them. Are they watching me on my web cam or something? Yeh Nielson owns all your facial responses and what kinds of dressing you put on your popcorn whilst watching movies ;) The

Re: [FRIAM] NetFlix Internet Share: 1/3 down, 10% up!

2014-11-21 Thread Joshua Thorp
The article lays the blame at ACK packets... “” So how do Netflix customers send so much data today? The answer is mostly in “ACK packets,” Deeth said. Signifying “acknowledgement” that data has been received, ACK packets are part of the TCP’s (Transmission Control Protocol’s) three-way

Re: [FRIAM] NetFlix Internet Share: 1/3 down, 10% up!

2014-11-21 Thread Gillian Densmore
In a paralel relation over this summer comcast reported that Blizzard and Steam traffic is about 45-52% of there data down. and roughly 14% up often resaulting in congestion- Does this meen that media (netflix, youtube etc) puts a large strain in just comcast and company? On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at

Re: [FRIAM] NetFlix Internet Share: 1/3 down, 10% up!

2014-11-21 Thread Arlo Barnes
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Joshua Thorp jth...@redfish.com wrote: The article lays the blame at ACK packets... “”These ACK packets are so numerous that they can sometimes interfere with downloads.“” Not having ever used Netflix, I know almost nothing about it. Why not use UDP? More