How ISPs Violate the Laws of Mathematics

Just keep an eye on them. When they start to violate the laws of thermodynamics we could be in serious trouble.

Honestly I'm more concerned about them breaking actual laws in this story.

Reminds me of my dealings with an ISP that we shall call Comcast (because it was Comcast). I only had internet through them, because internet was all I wanted. But at least once a week they would call me and try to sell me cable, despite my insistence that I didn't even own a TV (which was true, I only had a computer). But one day, they offered me a deal I simply couldn't refuse: a bundle of cable and internet that would cost less per month than internet by itself. They were so desperate to sell me cable that they offered it at a negative price. So I accepted. And when the cable box arrived I promptly shoved it in my closet because I still didn't own a TV. And thus, my problem of them calling me once a week to sell me cable was solved. Until they started calling me once a week to ask if I needed help setting up the cable box...

My personal favorite is when trying to troubleshoot my connection with my ISP, packets were arriving from both the past and the future (packets from both 1960 AND 2020, but this happened in 2016). So not only do ISPs violate mathematics, but also time!

Normal person when they get ripped off: Call the provider and resolve the situation Minutephysics:

When you get left on hold so long you write a script for a math video.

Math teachers when you tell them that you’ll never use maths in daily life:

When I was working in customer care and even as a manager, I can't tell you how many times I've tried to lead people to conclusions that would fix their problem that I wasn't technically allowed to offer. I've many times basically said "I can't tell you that you can't do that" with a satisfied grin as I was happy to hear when they finally got it. I would always know it was coming to when I laid out all the peices. "...Wait....what if" in my head "finally they got it"

"It's not not allowed." Classical logic joke right there.

I couldn't do my homework. Why? My ISP broke maths.

Not gonna lie I thought this was gonna be a video about how Internet Standard Protocol is actually mathematically impossible.

As somone who used to take manager calls for a telecommunications company I can say with confidence the best part of that job is being able to say "I can't tell you that you CAN'T do that"

Oh shit, I wandered into the smart people side of YouTube

top tip for everybody trying to pause on the ISP's name, you can use a comma to skip back a single frame and a period to skip forward a single frame while paused

You start freaking out and the manager says: "Are you ok?" And you say: "Sir, you have broken mathematics as we speak."

“I would like the $25 bundle of popcorn and soda.” “Ok that’s 20 for popcorn and 5 for soda” “Oh then i’ll just have soda. My friend doesn’t really care.” “Just the soda... that’ll be 10 dollars” “What..?” Edit: Guys it’s a joke i know it’s normal and it’s what places do, i made a joke about it

When ISP is so broken it breaks mathematics

"You can't not do that" is a sign of someone who hates the job but cares about the customers at least a little bit

I spent a year taking a Uni course in set theory JUST so I could understand this video. Absolutely fantastic btw.

I worked for over 500 ISP's that outsourced their work to us. It was hell, and we had to talk in grey areas and shady business. Like "can I just return the router" scenarios, I had to lead people with questions to what they wanted. "So you said you wanted x, but currently are not getting it, what would you like to ask for so I can help you."