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How will Europe's ISPs react to the bandwidth increase? Better than the USA? Or will they also pressure netflix for a cut?
by ck2 12y ago
How will Europe's ISPs react to the bandwidth increase?
Better than the USA? Or will they also pressure netflix for a cut?
- rsynnott 12y agoNon-profit peering exchanges are more common in Europe: http://blog.cloudflare.com/the-relative-cost-of-bandwidth-around-the-world/ http://blog.cloudflare.com/the-relative-cost-of-bandwidth-ar... As far as I know, they've had little trouble in the UK (where they peer at LINX) or Ireland (where they peer at INEX); I'd expect similar arrangements in the new countries.
- fs111 12y agoNot sure if it is related to the launch, but I see many dropped packets in the evening since the launch in Germany. My provider is Kabel Deutschland. Anybody seeing similar things?
- mrweasel 12y agoI haven't seen any sort of reaction here in Denmark. Not all of the ISP have their own streaming service so they aren't really motivated to go against Netflix. If the companies with their own streaming service are trying to push to hard, users could just switch. Prices for ADSL/cabel are pretty much the same for the same speed regardless of provider, so I think the ISP have just found a pricing level that allows them to make a profit and not care about Netflix. If anything Netflix are most likely pushing customers to higher speeds, which costs a bit more. The Danish version of RIAA/MPAA have tried to force the ISP to pay then money for carrying streaming services, but that doesn't seem to be going anywhere.