{"id":33101,"date":"2013-04-06T13:47:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T19:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/06\/the-myth-of-the-always-on-internet.html"},"modified":"2013-04-08T07:37:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T13:37:29","slug":"the-myth-of-the-always-on-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/06\/the-myth-of-the-always-on-internet.html","title":{"rendered":"The Myth of the Always-On Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"
I'm not a console gamer, anyway, but this would guarantee I'd not be buying a new Xbox.<\/p>\n

It's the same answer I give when Comcast writes \/ calls \/ visits my doorstep, suggesting that since we use their video and Internet services, don't we want to use their VoIP for our phone service? \u00a0And I tell them that once their Internet is as stable and reliable as my Qwest land-line, I'll certainly be happy to give it a try.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Editorial: The Internet in the U.S. isn’t built for an “always on” game console – Neowin<\/a>
\n Note to Microsoft: The Internet infrastructure in the U.S. is just not ready for a product like a game console that would require an “always on” Internet connection in order to play games or run apps….\n <\/p>\n

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I'm not a console gamer, anyway, but this would guarantee I'd not be buying a new Xbox. It's the same answer I give when Comcast writes \/ calls \/ visits my doorstep, suggesting that since we use their video and Internet services, don't we want to use their VoIP for our phone service? \u00a0And I … Continue reading “The Myth of the Always-On Internet”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,22,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-gaming","category-hi-tech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24544,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/15\/silly-internet-engineers.html","url_meta":{"origin":33101,"position":0},"title":"Silly Internet Engineers!","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 15-Dec-11 9:55am","format":false,"excerpt":"Robustness and ease of communication and security aren't priorities on the Internet any more! 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