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[Oswego]

With Diney buying Fox, I wonder how long it will take Fox News to morph into a new MSNBC. I haven't watched either in years but I think the stronghold on the media is what drives the minds of this world.
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Doubtful IMHO. No money in it because there are already so many left wing news shows. I can only assume Fox got to where it is by being different.

I listen to local am news station KYW1060 while driving and get 99% of my news from them. While it is slanted, it's not nearly as bad as some. They just got bought out so time will tell if they maintain their current slant.

 

[TacoXpo]

Doubtful IMHO. No money in it because there are already so many left wing news shows. I can only assume Fox got to where it is by being different.

I listen to local am news station KYW1060 while driving and get 99% of my news from them. While it is slanted, it's not nearly as bad as some. They just got bought out so time will tell if they maintain their current slant.

Time will tell.

 

[TacoXpo]

With all this sexual predictor stuff going on, should we start a pool for who on here will go down in a scandal?

 

[tx_shooter]

With all this sexual predictor stuff going on, should we start a pool for who on here will go down in a scandal?

Which one of us fools will run for public office first?

 

[TacoXpo]

Which one of us fools will run for public office first?

Scandal is not just for politicians!

 

[tx_shooter]

One of the benefits of working in the medical field is there is no such thing as sexual harassment.

 

[Oswego]

With all this sexual predictor stuff going on, should we start a pool for who on here will go down in a scandal?

I have no idea what you are talking about

 

[TacoXpo]

I have no idea what you are talking about

Mayne yoou can sue yourself!

 

[Mauzer]

With Diney buying Fox, I wonder how long it will take Fox News to morph into a new MSNBC. I haven't watched either in years but I think the stronghold on the media is what drives the minds of this world.

Disney is not acquiring Fox News, Murdoch is keeping it...but I'm sure his sons will ruin it soon enough

 

[TacoXpo]

Disney is not acquiring Fox News, Murdoch is keeping it...but I'm sure his sons will ruin it soon enough

Copy. Can you tell I don't watch FN now?

 

[Silverback]

Nothing on here about Net Neutrality?

Didn't read enough on it to make a educated opinion so I won't jump to conclusions. But so far I don't think it was a good decision.

 

[tx_shooter]

Before I begin to wade into this one; is gov regulation good or bad? When a business has an increased cost to provide the service who is supposed to make up the difference?

 

[tx_shooter]

Not much of an answer to the question; but I will move forward anyways.

Net Neutrality was initially put in place because of a fear that something could happen. This goes back to when streaming services and recreation (think Netflix, YouTube, and Internet Radio) started to become maturing services. The Internet Service Providers came to notice that a small percentage of their users were using the vast majority of available bandwidth inside their network. When something like this happens on a small network a good admin will either increase network capacity or restrict the software/services causing the network issue.

So when the ISPs started to talk to Netflix and other streaming service providers about fees to send their service across the ISPs provided connection they balked. So the ISP was stuck with either charging the streaming service or their customers increased service charges in order to build a network capable of handling the increased load. The streaming service companies then fear mongered until the FCC created a solution to their problem. - Net Neutrality. It really should have been called keeping the buck away from the streaming company. The streaming company has a beautiful business model - they provide a service where the largest cost to provide the service is not their cost or problem.

So to bring us to this week - Net Neutrality has been cut down. The biggest difference is going to end up being that either streaming services go up in price or ISP customer delivered prices go up in cost. Most likely a mix of both.

How much of a problem is large amounts of Internet traffic for a network? At many large companies they will dedicate an entire server to downloading all necessary OS and 3rd party software updates for the purpose of redistributing them inside of the local area network so as to minimize the ISP connection usage. At a couple of my larger customer sites we block streaming so as a handful of users do not pull the majority of the Internet connection for non-work usage.

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Take this whole post with a grain of salt; it is not like I work in IT or anything.
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[tx_shooter]

The part that is bothering me is how many people are ignoring the idea of one company getting a sizable control of entertainment content and content delivery. This one company can then raise prices for other content delivery companies making the content too expensive for the market on their delivery. This is a very real scenario when/ if ATT completes the purchase of Time Warner. Leaving all politics out of the company views; the possible monopoly in content creation and delivery of this merger is huge.

Time Warner assets include HBO, Warner Brothers movies and TV, Turner Broadcasting (TruTV, TNT, TBS, crap loads of sports channels, part of Hulu, and CNN). So add that to ATT's ownership of DirecTV and they will own a sizable portion of the pie for content creation and delivery over multiple delivery channels.

So yeah; there are bigger things to watch than the fake Net Neutrality. The Internet became a real thing and worked for decades without the Net Neutrality BS and will continue to work without it.

 

[Silverback]

I remember when the .gov broke up ATT due to it being a monopoly in the 90's IIRC. I guess ATT learned a thing or two and now has better lobbyists and lawyers.

 

[tx_shooter]

The evil Trump administration is trying to block it from becoming a monopoly again.

 

[Taco Loco]

Not much of an answer to the question; but I will move forward anyways.

Net Neutrality was initially put in place because of a fear that something could happen. This goes back to when streaming services and recreation (think Netflix, YouTube, and Internet Radio) started to become maturing services. The Internet Service Providers came to notice that a small percentage of their users were using the vast majority of available bandwidth inside their network. When something like this happens on a small network a good admin will either increase network capacity or restrict the software/services causing the network issue.

So when the ISPs started to talk to Netflix and other streaming service providers about fees to send their service across the ISPs provided connection they balked. So the ISP was stuck with either charging the streaming service or their customers increased service charges in order to build a network capable of handling the increased load. The streaming service companies then fear mongered until the FCC created a solution to their problem. - Net Neutrality. It really should have been called keeping the buck away from the streaming company. The streaming company has a beautiful business model - they provide a service where the largest cost to provide the service is not their cost or problem.

So to bring us to this week - Net Neutrality has been cut down. The biggest difference is going to end up being that either streaming services go up in price or ISP customer delivered prices go up in cost. Most likely a mix of both.

How much of a problem is large amounts of Internet traffic for a network? At many large companies they will dedicate an entire server to downloading all necessary OS and 3rd party software updates for the purpose of redistributing them inside of the local area network so as to minimize the ISP connection usage. At a couple of my larger customer sites we block streaming so as a handful of users do not pull the majority of the Internet connection for non-work usage.

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Take this whole post with a grain of salt; it is not like I work in IT or anything.
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My translation of your reply.

So essentially if your trying to save money by pulling the plug or knocking that Sat dish off the roof, you might be back to where ya started at.

 

[Taco Loco]

I remember when the .gov broke up ATT due to it being a monopoly in the 90's IIRC. I guess ATT learned a thing or two and now has better lobbyists and lawyers.

Same with electric, water, cable, probably trash company and mud districts

 

[Taco Loco]

I remember when the .gov broke up ATT due to it being a monopoly in the 90's IIRC. I guess ATT learned a thing or two and now has better lobbyists and lawyers.

Where is that right in our Constitution for affordable phone service?

When can I impose these restrictions on Toyota, I don't want to over pay for something that is an overburdened cost to me

 

[Taco Loco]

@Silverback were all to blame for the future of the next monopoly or is it? Amazon.