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Re: WiFi Mystery

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Davoud:
> > *All* other web sites I have tried load normally. Streaming video is
> > smooth and fast.
> > 
> > Must be something about the Coursera web site, right?
> > 
> > Wrong. Tonight it occurred to me to try my Verizon JetPack 4G LTE
> > wireless device. The Coursera web site loads quickly. Streaming video
> > lectures, which won't load at all on my home network, work fine. Switch
> > back to the home network and the Coursera site grinds to a halt again.

Kevin McMurtrie:
> Probably an Internet peering dispute about who should pay whom money 
> when there's two-way usage.  If one peer thinks another should pay more, 
> they switch the peer or some of their data to an intentionally 
> overloaded link and claim that money is needed for upgrades.  Try 
> comparing traceroutes.
> 
> The website appears to be on Amazon EC2 so it could be throttled with 
> Netflix as its neighbor.

But if it is being throttled at the source, so to speak, why would the
speed be good on my JetPack? The difference is dramatic.

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WiFi Mystery Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-04-22 23:11 -0400
  Re: WiFi Mystery jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-04-23 18:01 +1200
  Re: WiFi Mystery Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2015-04-22 23:03 -0700
    Re: WiFi Mystery Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-04-23 11:52 -0400
      Re: WiFi Mystery Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-04-23 12:40 -0400
        Re: WiFi Mystery Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-04-23 18:28 +0000
        Re: WiFi Mystery Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-04-23 15:06 -0400
          Re: WiFi Mystery JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-04-23 15:31 -0400
      Re: WiFi Mystery David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-04-23 11:41 -0500
        Re: WiFi Mystery Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-04-23 15:08 -0400
          Re: WiFi Mystery David Fritzinger <email@domain.com> - 2015-04-23 16:13 -0400
      Re: WiFi Mystery Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-04-23 16:17 -0400
        Re: WiFi Mystery Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2015-04-26 20:31 -0700

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