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Isn't this sort of rationing exactly the thing that anti-Net Neutrality advocates have been warning about?
For example, Comcast not counting their on-demand, over the internet, streaming against your data cap. Whereas watching Netflix/hulu/etc would count against it.
I have to say, Netflix does a GREAT job making sure their content works well under lower bitrates as compared to HULU and Amazon Prime.
I was getting pretty good 1080 quality at 2.5mbs. If I didn't do the caps, Netflix (and other services) will stream as fast as they can.
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It's a made up problem. In Germany, journalists asked the network providers and they said everything is fine. Such a ridiculous and pointless thing to do by the EU. Especially since all the apps drop the quality automatically anyway if the connection is slow.
I think the point is to protect things like remote desktop, zoom, etc from being pushed out by netflix traffic.
Kodi and mpv continue to work as normal...
Kodi on an Rpi makes a good cast target for it, though.
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It’s still bullshit.
While the whole world is trying to deal with the worst pandemic in 100 years, you are going to have to adjust your expectation levels for bullshit.
Is this for the entirety of Europe? Because I imagine we're not having any issues with this in Finland.
It's a made up problem. In Germany, journalists asked the network providers and they said everything is fine. Such a ridiculous and pointless thing to do by the EU. Especially since all the apps drop the quality automatically anyway if the connection is slow.
As in this puts too much stress and thus too high of a cost on their end.
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Isn't the trope "broadband is better somewhere else" for most places? Anecdotally, most people I know complain about the connection where they live.
I have never heard any body complain about broadband speed from Japan, South Korea or Hong Kong. For parts of Europe, Such as Finland, Norway or Sweden are also mostly problem free. I then decide look up their average Internet speed [1], and turns out they are all in the Top 10. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Internet_...
And the contract is for 24 months minimum, so if you leave the country before the end, you end up having to pay for the rest of your contract.
But, in general, US ISPs are particularly bad in my experience (and worse even than HK)
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Why would they? Because they charge extra for it and they're themselves have stopped providing this service.
>and they're themselves have stopped providing this service // Is it them, or is it overselling by ISPs?
Does 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…
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> It's not like netflix 4k looks good anyway I can definitely see a difference between 1080 and 4K on Netflix. Compared on the same internet connection and streaming device in the same house. One 1080 tv and one 4K tv.
That's not what I'm saying. Try to watch a 1080p bluray, even on a 4k tv it looks (much) better than netflix 4k.
My point is, you’re saying nobody would notice the quality difference if Netflix lowered their quality. I think I would notice a bit.