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How a phone app detected Sprint's alleged throttling of Skype
The US government killed off its net neutrality rules in June of this year, but that doesn't mean no one is monitoring whether carriers are blocking or throttling online services. Northeastern University researchers led by computer science professor David Choffnes recently determined that Sprint was throttling Skype. Their finding was based on an analysis of user-initiated tests conducted with Wehe, an app for Android and iPhone that the researchers developed to detect throttling. About one-third of the tests detected Sprint's throttling of Skype, Choffnes said.
If the findings are correct, Sprint would be violating a Federal Communications Commission rule requiring Internet providers to disclose throttling. Even though the FCC no longer bans throttling itself, the agency requires ISPs to publicly disclose any blocking, throttling, or paid prioritization. But was Sprint really throttling Skype? Sprint denies it and points out that researchers haven't released the data underlying their conclusions. Choffnes acknowledges that his research has limitations and that he couldn't detect the throttling in the lab. But he's still confident that Skype was getting a raw deal on Sprint's network, and he explained why in an interview with Ars.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @09:07PM (2 children)
So if you're proven wrong and Russian collusion did happen then YOU will be the idiot spreading the stupid. By stereotyping you from your response I can safely say you don't have enough spine to admit when you're wrong. Most likely you'll just move on to the next GOP outrage and pretend that your Trump support never happened. "Oh he was a lying asshole, but have you heard what the liberal cucks are doing NOW???"
From the facts we have right now we know there was a coverup for Trump's various Russian connections, a ridiculous number of lies under oath, immoral if not illegal infidelity and payoffs, more lies, Trump publicly asking the Russians to hack Clinton:
The most amusing part here is you use the -gate suffix. You do realize that Watergate was actually a criminal incident?
Anyway, you're a stupid shill is the short version.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday November 30 2018, @11:19PM
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 01 2018, @03:22AM
I don't give a shit if there was "collusion". You have to prove that they fucked up the count before you can wake me up. Israeli propaganda is much more offensive if you want to consider that kind of crap. The most the Russians did was to buy some ad time in your mass media. Big fucking deal! And FYI, the DNC bullshit came from an insider, not your Russian tooth fairies, so save your breath! Fucking democrats! I don't care who runs against you, they will get my vote.