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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.

DPI Doesn’t Kill The Open Internet, Carriers Do 2009

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

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

Nasser was thus the Muslim World's best-effort 20th century Renovatio.

Michael Vlahos: A Turkish Renovatio ? 2010

The internet is often described as a “best-effort” service.

What will the next generation Internet be like? | Impact Lab 2002

They're not going to risk their mission-critical applications over a best-effort Internet connection.

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That requires a different set of rules than the rules that govern the best-effort

Ars Technica Nate Anderson 2011

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

Therefore, they often want customers to use best-effort Internet connection because they can't provide a secure Ethernet connection.

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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."

Original Signal - The best of Web 2.0 2010