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However, that does not mean that the broadband pipe cannot also be doing other things in addition to the best-effort high-speed internet (HSI) connection.
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Back in 2006, I proposed that Google should build a network neutrality detector, a distributed toolbar that collected statistics from millions of nodes on the net to determine sneaky traffic-fiddling by sleazy ISPs who only make a best-effort attempt to give you the stuff you request if they've been bribed to do so.
Boing Boing 2008
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Moreover, the Fed does not require perfect knowledge when it raises rates to ward off inflation; it relies on a best-effort prediction that the risk of inflation is serious.
The credit bubble, the recession and what the Federal Reserve should have done Roger Lowenstein 2010
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Nasser was thus the Muslim World's best-effort 20th century Renovatio.
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The internet is often described as a “best-effort” service.
What will the next generation Internet be like? | Impact Lab 2002
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They're not going to risk their mission-critical applications over a best-effort Internet connection.
unknown title 2011
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That requires a different set of rules than the rules that govern the best-effort
Ars Technica Nate Anderson 2011
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I would argue that most of them are not, as they are executed only on a best-effort basis - both regarding quality of service and security.
Forbes.com: News Eric Savitz 2011
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Therefore, they often want customers to use best-effort Internet connection because they can't provide a secure Ethernet connection.
unknown title 2011
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The Best Effort Network: This future embraces net neutrality and the demands by content providers and activists for a best-effort web, but "uncertainty about the potential to make a return on infrastructure investments could slow the pace of rollout and thus the transformation to new access technologies."
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