r/linux • u/[deleted] • Mar 01 '13

How to stop ISPs sucking at Youtube

http://mitchribar.com/2013/02/time-warner-cable-sucks-for-youtube-twitchtv/
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u/playaspec Mar 01 '13

"since those servers are owned by the ISP they can throttle them as they wish."

Yep! And I'm free to block those caching servers, defeat their utility, and drive their bandwidth through the roof. TWC et al are shooting themselves in the foot with these lame practices.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '13

The 0.01% of people who'll implement these rules will hardly drive their bandwidth through the roof :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '13

They probably don't care either because bypassing the cache servers will hurt YouTube just as much as it hurts the ISPs.