My ISP has given me free Netflix with Ads.

Anyone know if it is possible to block the ads at a DNS level?

I know it is possible for Channel 4 and a few other streaming services.

#AdBlock #Netflix

Virgin have also upgraded me to Gigabit fibre.

Which, as I wrote a few years ago, is mostly pointless.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/12/whats-the-point-in-gigabit-broadband/

I wonder when gigabit will actually be useful?

What's the point of Gigabit broadband?

(This is a curmudgeonly post which is going to look ridiculously outdated in a few years.) My yearly contract with my ISP has just come to an end, so it was time to shop around for a better deal. They presented me with the following monthly options: Drop to 100Mbps for the same price I'm paying today (£44) Keep at 350Mbps for a tenner more (£55) Rise to 500Mbps for a fiver more (£49) Go to GI…

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@Edent I get sustained 550MB d/l from steam. But you're right not a lot of use cases, unless you have 3 or 4 people in your household doing this regularly.

Oh and on west coast canada we get 3gig fibre for GBP50 :P