On 7/5/2013 2:12 PM, Brian Helman wrote:
>
> There are two distinct items here.  I disagree that there is no
> difference between wired and wireless.  A user with a strong
> connection hitting Netflix could easily kill users with marginal
> connection-speeds.  In that case, whose "experience" are you
> protecting?  The purpose of "limiting" is to encourage users to use
> the correct SSID/authentication/network/etc not to punish, otherwise
> why not just have one big open network?
>

Actually, a user with a marginal connection trying to do Netflix will do
infinitely more damage... low-bandwidth data rates eat up orders of
magnitude more airtime than a strong MIMO.

But I also disagree with the "no difference" proposition... for the
foreseeable future, you're going to get better service on a wired port,
and it's better for everyone if you push video streaming / gaming to a
wired connection whenever the option is available.
 
Jeff

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