Obviously, you can't say something that broad for all ISPs in all locations. But in a recent dispute Verizon posted a graphic[1] showing that the max average p

Obviously, you can't say something that broad for all ISPs in all locations. But in a recent dispute Verizon posted a graphic[1] showing that the max average peak utilization in their network was 65% of capacity. So if Netflix is 1/3 of that (say 22% capacity) and it doubles their average bitrate to all customers, it would still not saturate the link. [1] http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/verizon-netflix-chart-640x498.png http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/verizo...