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Vid.me has announced that they are shutting down on December 15th 2017, saying that they could not find a path to sustainability.
This news should be of concern as content creators have been getting increasingly frustrated with Youtube's algorithms that demonetize their videos and this means they have one less alternative to turn towards.
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Vid.me to Shut Down on Dec 15th 2017
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(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 05 2017, @07:38PM (5 children)
Because of FCC limitations on EMF output between residential and commercial connection points.
Originally 33.6+ modems and later ADSL connections, where due to the copper and the electrical transmission characteristics, a higher frequency/power signal could be transmitted from the Branch Exchange (since it was in a commercial/industrial zone and less concerned/more insulated with regards to RF interference) than within a residential zone, allowing the exchange to provide more data over the same line as the residential link could. This is why residential modem connections to each other capped out at 33.6+bis rather than at the 52-56k like most modems advertised as their speed rating. ADSL, being based on similiar technology but at frequencies outside of the normal voice band had similiar issues, which is why SDSL connections were always at lower rated speeds than an ADSL connection.
As a result of this ISPs started providing primarily asymmetric connections and using it as marketing that only business connections or ultra-high end expensive residential plans could be symmetric, when in reality it was a technical restriction with some technologies which got coopted as a marketing restriction to better monetize the sheeple who were now clamoring for internet connections en-masse and not paying attention to the fine print of their telephone/cable/ISP contracts.
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Tuesday December 05 2017, @09:48PM (4 children)
The FCC-imposed 33.6 kbps uplink limit on v.90 dial-up explains ratios of downstream rate to upstream rate on the order of 2:1. But what explains acceptance of ADSL ratios greater than 2:1?
(Score: 2) by jdccdevel on Tuesday December 05 2017, @11:58PM (3 children)
Time Divsion Duplexing (TDD) [wikipedia.org]
Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) [wikipedia.org]
Consumer demand for Download vs Upload data (dictating the division for the two above)
and physics [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Wednesday December 06 2017, @03:51AM (2 children)
Again, what causes a demand ratio in excess of 2:1?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 07 2017, @01:45PM (1 child)
Most people don't run servers at home.
(Score: 2) by Pino P on Tuesday December 19 2017, @01:14AM
Why is this, other than that home ISPs ban it? And if you claim that home ISPs banning it is reason enough, you have begged the question.