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Seems like this is really about training their consumers to define the quality of their internet by their reachability to the Netflix CDN nodes.. Smart move on
by bdwalter 10y ago
Seems like this is really about training their consumers to define the quality of their internet by their reachability to the Netflix CDN nodes.. Smart move on Netflix's part.
- ihsw 10y agoTo many, Netflix reachability is their #1 concern.
- themartorana 10y agoI'm a software engineer with all sorts of shit hooked up to my 100mbps (thanks Comcast for no gigabit in your worldwide headquarters city of Philadelphia) downlink (still 10mbps up because you know...) and Netflix is absolutely my #1 concern at home.
- hashmymustache 10y agoYup. Same for me with the Playstation Vue. Wondering if they will throttle that since it's a direct competitor to their cable offerings.
- rhino369 10y agoEh, netflix maxes out content at a fraction your comcast speed. Doesn't really matter if Netflix is going 50mbps or 100mpbs. Making netflix work is important, but I'd be pretty disappointed if my ISP was giving me 20mpbs, even though Netflix would never need that much.
- themartorana 10y agoIs that true even for 4K content (of which there is little, but still)?
- ihsw 10y agoNetflix recommends 25Mbit or higher for 4k content (Ultra HD). https://help.netflix.com/en/node/306 https://help.netflix.com/en/node/306
- lstamour 10y agoIt matters if you've more than one Netflix stream running at the same time. It will matter even more once Netflix starts doing VR ;-)
- dsmithatx 10y agoAnd, having your pipe overloaded by things other than Netflix. I have two kids watching Youtube on pads and a wife watching TV in another room. With my fake Uverse (DSL) the TV uses the internet connection so, we are often streaming four different videos at the same time.