GeekNJ
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Waldwick, NJ
 ·Verizon FIOS
| said by dymyninc  :The hub bub is free on demand on all your channels. who does that? the internet is so much faster - i can now see streaming videos without hicups- and a dedicated line to your home that you dont share with your neighbors- hence no pixilation- no buffering- ever! less opportunity to hack into . just ask any one technologically informed and they will explain the difference in getting a signal that remains digital- transmitted over glass- to a signal transmitted on copper that has to be transformed into radio waves in order to be seen by the end user. Sounds like a lot of textbook theory vs real world practicality.
First, what on demand are you streaming from that is free?
Second, your FIOS Internet connection is NOT dedicated. It is shared with 32 other potential FIOS users and that is before it gets to the CO where it is shared with 100's/1000's of others as it streams onto the public Internet.
Thirdly, I often see buffering when viewing videos. There are multiple factors that contribute to it. Typically it won't be your local connection, but that's just a bit of what is between you and the streaming server. There's congestion at the server, congestion on the links between you and the server, and the streaming technology itself. I actually notice more buffering with FIOS then I did on my CV 10mb connection and I think it's because the streaming server is determining the speed at which to serve the content (buffering behind the scenes) and it detects the FIOS connection to be faster then it is and I see it starting quickly but needing to buffer because the streaming server though the connection was quicker then it is. I'm sure over time, the streaming servers will get better at this.
I NEVER see buffering watching OnDemand. And, I don't need a computer in the bedroom if I want to watch OnDemand there.
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