Streaming media is indeed a set bandwidth, but the headroom that a faster
connection gives will hel offset the more bursty downloads without stalling
or impacting the streaming content.
Having had cox and century link gig fiber century link has been the better
experience so far. And for concurrent
I would think hard about upgrading to a "faster" plan.
The Wall St. Journal did a study that basically said you gain no advantage for
streaming media by upgrading to a faster plan.
The WSJ article is behind a pay wall, but this article summarizes the results.
https://medium.com/gowander/quick-ta
Am 26. Jan, 2021 schwätzte Mike Schwartz so:
moin moin Mike,
OT: Off topic ... Hi from an old timer ... plus, a Question
Please forgive me if I have been "out of radio contact" for too long.
Yeah, it's been a while :).
I believe both CenturyLink and Cox are offering Gigabit if you're in the
OT: Off topic ... Hi from an old timer ... plus, a Question
Please forgive me if I have been "out of radio contact" for too long.
(as in ... the "Wolf Brand chili" slogan)
(see, e.g.,
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22Wolf+Brand+chili%22+slogan&t=h_&ia=web
OR ... just click over to the "[[Slogan]]"
moin moin,
the short of the long: local sudo exploit for privilege escalation via 10
year old bug
https://hackers.town/@yojimbo/105623965789775818
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-research/2021/01/26/cve-2021-3156-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-sudo-baron-samedit
ciao,
der.hans
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