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WiFi hotspot police at the Olympics looking to seek and destroy

0. phoneArena posted on 02 Aug 2012, 08:17

This Olympics season is definitely shaping up to be the first with the "broadband syndrome", since NBC and the others decided to stream everything live via the Internet, and as a result the networks were pushed to their limits. We already saw the organizers asking politely that you limit tweeting or texting while at the stadium, but also the signs before entering included the usual warnings about trying to contraband pets and food in, accompanied by the unusual ban on mobile hotspots...

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1. Aeires (unregistered) posted on 02 Aug 2012, 08:54 10 2

WTF, so much for the web being free and open. If the news networks are bogging down the bandwidth because they have changed the way they broadcast, maybe they need to be shut down until they develop a better way of getting the news out.

2. cptbeatstix posted on 02 Aug 2012, 10:32 5 1

UK networks aren't as robust as the US ones. Makes sense to do this.

3. nofear posted on 02 Aug 2012, 11:13

If it is opened for the public then they know what to expect. IP assigned by the host should be about to monitor that individual's activity of what's appropriate and not appropriate then limiting that individual's bandwidth if excessively abuse.

4. jmoita2 posted on 02 Aug 2012, 11:53 4

I call B.S!!! They wanna lock down their profits, that's all. They bought the rights to absolutely everything, and everyone else can go pound sand. I wonder what would happen when and if some day some "Messiah" really did come back... Most of humanity wouldn't find out about it, because the greedy capitalists bought all broadcast rights...

5. Seannyc posted on 02 Aug 2012, 12:34 3 1

this is wat happen when you go cheap on the Olympic. Cmon England put some effort in this one, anyone besides me feel this Olympic is so much more lame than the one in Bei Jing? I heard the medals even break when you drop it.

If the wifi police goes up on me ima go all american on him,

6. CharlieAtInfinity posted on 02 Aug 2012, 13:34 1

This is just plain stupidity.. rather than enforce bans try and create a better infrastructure which can handle the load of networks.

7. Cyan3boN posted on 03 Aug 2012, 00:12

does it hurt!!!

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