Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the point is to protect things like remote desktop, zoom, etc from being pushed out by netflix traffic.
Isn't that mostly a QoS issue?
The Internet doesn't have QoS.
Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days
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#102Is this for the entirety of Europe? Because I imagine we're not having any issues with this in Finland.
No issues in the Netherlands either, we have a lot of cable (250 or 500mbit) and fiber (similar speeds) connections so I guess they're used to this amount of traffic.
I guess this kind of thing is more for rural DSL lines in other countries? Or maybe central London :-), they still have a lot of homes only connected by ancient copper telephone cables.
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#103Does it mean they’ll pay me back for the 4K package?
You know, right now is not a time to be thinking about your ability to get the luxury service and goods you're used to. It's about us all staying alive and keeping each other alive and making it through this. Maybe you have to do with a little bit less than you're used to, maybe you don't think it's fair because you've paid $5 extra for your extra stream quality. None of us think what's happening is fair, but we have…
I don't mean to strawman but are you saying luxury businesses should be able to get away with not delivering on what their customers pay for because we are in an unexpected situation?
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#104Isn't this sort of rationing exactly the thing that anti-Net Neutrality advocates have been warning about?
I don't think so. This is one company reducing the quality of their own content.
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#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
Pretty much all of California is stuck at home, and California has 40 million people... that would be the 8th largest country in Europe.
Shelter in Place is basically just the Bay Area, right? And a lot of people still seem to be leaving the home for work there; notoriously, people are still making Teslas! Also, California is mostly fairly urbanised and well-off. If Germany was the only place in Europe where people were being discouraged from leaving the home, this would be less of a concern. This is really targeting places, especially rural places, w…
I am in Los Angeles, and we have been told to stay home except for absolutely necessary trips to grocery stores or doctors.
Also, there are very large parts of California that are rural.
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#106A few months ago there was blog post posted here from a guy making movie reviews. In the blog post he described how he managed to get 4k Netflix screenshots on his Chromecast. The effort he made was enormous and involved reverse engineering the Netflix data protocol (I probably worded this wrong). When doing that he found out that Netflix streaming in 4k isn't actually 4k. Again not exactly sure how this worked but t…
Re: Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days
#107Isn't this sort of rationing exactly the thing that anti-Net Neutrality advocates have been warning about?
No, that would be the ISP playing "you can't use Netflix or Zoom unless you pay for Super Premium." This is the services themselves downgrading to handle the highest peak service they will ever see.
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#108BBC: It is not clear if this applies to the special snow flakes on the island off of Europe.
Netflix: You're Europeans again, England. Suck it.
Scotland: Ha ha.
Re: Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days
#109A few months ago there was blog post posted here from a guy making movie reviews. In the blog post he described how he managed to get 4k Netflix screenshots on his Chromecast. The effort he made was enormous and involved reverse engineering the Netflix data protocol (I probably worded this wrong). When doing that he found out that Netflix streaming in 4k isn't actually 4k. Again not exactly sure how this worked but t…
I think this is the one you need. Interesting, thanks for the suggestion to search for it!
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2019/02/14/adventures-in-netfli...
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
Isn't the trope "broadband is better somewhere else" for most places? Anecdotally, most people I know complain about the connection where they live.
Moving from Sweden to the US (Florida) I can't say I've noticed much of a difference in connectivity. 100, 200, 300 & 1000MBps is readily available in both places but usually around at 3x the price in the US. Rural America seems to be an entirely different story.
And my part of Rural America was supposed to have a local government broadband taskforce meeting next Tuesday. The county commissioner concerned won't reply saying whether the meeting is canceled or not though the emergency declaration said county offices are closed to the public. I sent the commissioner a message imploring him to find a way to keep the matter going as there will be an end to this crisis and our decaying, limited, legacy infrastructure that the local broadband incumbent is not investing in is holding us back.
I'm not holding my breath.