EVE General Discussion

It's really going to affect things like Netflix rather than EVE. They will charge Netflix more for the faster streaming...then it's up to Netflix to decide what to do about it with their customers. Gee, I could never guess what they would do .

Netflix has already upped their rates for new customers while grandfathering the rate for current users "for a while longer". And it has nothing to do with this other scheme at all.

Monopolies happen b/c of the gov't in America. So more gov't is certainly not the answer.

In Boston, FiOS (a fiber-optic service provide by Verizon) was not allowed to be installed b/c the former Mayor Mumbles (Menino) decreed that Verizon would have to install the lines in the poorest neighborhoods FIRST (citing "equality") when, in reality, he's good friends with the people over at Comcast, the monopoly in the area. This is pretty much the case across the entire country.

Monopolies happen because the ridiculously rich have funded and elected most of the House of Representatives.

Few things, first it was the chair of the FCC, not the Supreme Court.

Edit: I thought you brought this up due to this story: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/technology/fcc-new-net-neutrality-rules.html?_r=0

Second, the cable companies are only responding this way because we didn't set up the system correctly in the first place. We treated the internet like a service instead of a utility. The UK did it right. The reason you have only one or two providers at your house is because they need to run their own lines to your house instead of using shared lines. You pay for access and service whereas with say a telephone, you can pick from several services on the same line. At my house I have two lines from the pole for Comcast and verizon. If I went to dish I'd have to get more equipment.

This will affect companies like eve because now it adds an extra cost to operate that can vary based on use. Now CCP may have to consider bandwidth with game innovation. That's just bad all around.

We need to treat internet providers like a utility as in the UK and elsewhere. To do that though we less money in government pulling the strings so we can have proper regulation to ensure the democratic principles that apply here. I don't blame the ISPs for trying to maximize profit in the current environment. I blame Congress for not doing more to protect the economic and information freedom the internet provides equally.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

He blames the Koch Bros. Not only are you a good little bee towing the goonie line, but a good little sheeple IRL touting the talking points of the far left.

Here ya go kid.....Get yourself an education before this thread gets locked.

http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topcontribs.php

Pro tip: Koch is 46th.

Only direct contributions to election campaigns have to be disclosed. Contributions to non-partisan groups like think tanks (which dwarf what they contribute to election campaigns, directly and indirectly) are not considered political contributions.

Tell Alex Jones and Rush Limbaugh I said hi when you call in to their shows.

Cliven Bundy wants you over to his ranch for some "tea" in an hour...........

I would go but i fear that given my background I'd end up being taught to pick cotton on his land.

Pretty much spot on. I use a 4G wireless and I can monitor my bandwidth. 6 hours of Eve is at best 2MB of "stuff" and I think how many chat windows you have open is apt to have a lot of influence on it - as well as clicking on one too many gifs.


This makes me wonder if the stream is scaled. For example, if I was on a nullsec mega-blob, that's a lot of ship position and heading data for the overview. Is the population of the grid influencing bandwidth? I'm certain of this. Unfortunately I haven't seen proof because when I get blobbed, I'm not looking at the bandwidth usage graph.