jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC’s Internet rules, critics sayarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1393cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workspcgaming@lemmy.catechnology@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1393external-linkISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC’s Internet rules, critics sayarstechnica.comjeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square49fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.workspcgaming@lemmy.catechnology@lemmy.zip
minus-squarecoffeebiscuit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·8 months agoReading trough all the marketing terms used. I’m more afraid of selective slowing down connections instead of the mentioned “speeding up” connections.
minus-squareskulblaka@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·8 months agoYeah they won’t speed up shit, that requires investment in infrastructure. They’ll just slow down all existing lanes by 40%, blame it on something unrelated, and then charge you 2.5x as much as you used to pay to get your original speeds back.
Reading trough all the marketing terms used. I’m more afraid of selective slowing down connections instead of the mentioned “speeding up” connections.
Yeah they won’t speed up shit, that requires investment in infrastructure. They’ll just slow down all existing lanes by 40%, blame it on something unrelated, and then charge you 2.5x as much as you used to pay to get your original speeds back.