Re Apple Is Blocking an App That Detects Net Neutrality Violations From the App Store

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Bob Poortinga <ip () k9sql us>
> Date: January 18, 2018 at 7:43:31 PM EST
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Apple Is Blocking an App That Detects Net Neutrality Violations From the App Store
>
> Mr. Burstein should read the article carefully and completely again. All of the downloads that the app measures comes 
> from the developer's own server, not from Netflix or YouTube. There is no mistake. Mr. Burstein does not grasp how 
> the app actually works.
>
> Bob Poortinga
>
>
> On Jan 18, 2018 2:29 PM, "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net> wrote:
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Dave Burstein <daveb () dslprime com>
> Date: Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 1:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [IP] Apple Is Blocking an App That Detects Net Neutrality Violations From the App Store
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
>
>
> Dave
>
> The article is highly likely to be mistaken about throttling. The app detects the speed coming from Netflix as 4 
> megabits. That corresponds to Netflix's frequent comment that they send video at 2-5 megabits. There is very little 
> difference to the eye on even a large HD TV between 4 megabits and 20 megabits.
>
> The same is true of the other six examples. There is no reason for Netflix and others to send data faster than 
> necessary for excellent playback.
>
> I (and you, and many on this list) have followed the networks closely. Throttling this extremely would have been 
> obvious to us. 
>
> We all make mistakes, even computer science professors.
>
> Dave 
>
> > On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 1:07 PM, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
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> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
> > Date: Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:10 AM
> > Subject: Apple Is Blocking an App That Detects Net Neutrality Violations From the App Store
> > To: Infowarrior List <infowarrior () attrition org>
> > CC: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> >
> >
> >
> > Apple Is Blocking an App That Detects Net Neutrality Violations From the App Store
> >
> > Apple told a university professor his app "has no direct benefits to the user."
> >
> > https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5vn9k/apple-blocking-net-neutrality-app-wehe
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