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So they are throttling because they can't fulfill the demand and want to save money on network traffic?
by N0RMAN 7y ago
So they are throttling because they can't fulfill the demand and want to save money on network traffic?
- jedberg 7y agoThe EU asked them to. They were having no problem keeping up.
- N0RMAN 7y agoWhy would anyone in Europe ask for that. All ISP publicity said they have more than enough capacity available. Also it would be the first time that a U.S net company does something voluntarily just by kindly asking.
- jedberg 7y agohttps://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/19/tech/netflix-internet-overload-eu/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/19/tech/netflix-internet-ove... "European Commissioner Thierry Breton, who is responsible for the EU internal market covering more than 450 million people, spoke to Netflix (NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings on Wednesday and again on Thursday about the strain video streaming was placing on networks." Apparently the EU thinks it's a problem. The truth is that this will probably make little difference, but it makes sense for Netflix to do this since it doesn't cost them anything and now they are owed a favor by a regulator.