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This is a non-issue & complete speculation. Netflix already manages stream quality based on network conditions and has likely done so for years. If the governme
by illumanaughty 7y ago
This is a non-issue & complete speculation. Netflix already manages stream quality based on network conditions and has likely done so for years. If the government wants to ensure network access they should be talking to the ISPs, IMO.
- leereeves 7y agoThat's a long term solution. Short term, ISPs can't increase bandwidth availability, and Netflix can reduce bandwidth consumption. And I'm not sure it's a nonissue. The videos in my online classes are pausing every few seconds lately. And watching those in a lower quality isn't an option because the writing needs to be readable. On the other hand, Zoom works better than EdX, so it may be the EdX servers that are overwhelmed.
- new2628 7y agoWhy can't ISPs reduce Netflix data?
- franky47 7y agoSome countries still have "Net Neutrality" laws preventing just that.
- new2628 7y agoI thought it was clear that "laws" are out of the window everywhere now.
- dogma1138 7y agoThe EU for the most part doesn't, traffic shaping is still legal just a practice that died mainly due to the difficulty of implementing it these days than due to net neutrality. https://berec.europa.eu/eng/netneutrality/ https://berec.europa.eu/eng/netneutrality/ >ISPs are prohibited from blocking or slowing down of Internet traffic, except where necessary. The exceptions are limited to: traffic management to comply with a legal order, to ensure network integrity and security, and to manage congestion, provided that equivalent categories of traffic are treated equally.
- ThePowerOfFuet 7y agoBecause it's streamed using HTTPS so they cannot remux or transcode it (not like they have the CPU power to do so anyway).
- antoinealb 7y agoThey could still throttle the TCP stream, and many do. Then the player will likely switch to a lower quality video to adapt to the bandwidth.
- sciurus 7y agoBut is that caused by contention between netflix traffic and your online classes providers traffic, or is it just a capacity issue with your online classes provider's infrastructure?
- zozbot234 7y agoThe long-term solution is IP multicast for live streaming.
- lxgr 7y agoThat would help for things like Youtube TV, but I'm assuming that users would not be too happy about having to coordinate their binging with their neighbours?
- verdverm 7y agoWhy don't the govts just mandate to watch less tv like less social contact? (Being cheeky here :)
- snapetom 7y agoYup. My regional ISP already has infrastructure in place for this. They cache the most watched Netflix shows for a period of time in metro-level data centers. "Otherwise, Netflix would kill our network," a friend said. It's probably a formal agreement with Netflix, but I'm speculating.
- rstupek 7y agoSounds like they just have the netflix boxes in their data centers.
- tomnipotent 7y agoNetflix has been partnering with ISPs for a long time via Open Connect - at one point, they were giving away the hardware. https://openconnect.netflix.com/en/ https://openconnect.netflix.com/en/
- snapetom 7y agoHuh, TIL. The data center is not listed in the list of peering partners, but it's probably an appliance like the other user mentioned.