Some of the pipes Netflix goes through is also used by other services that aren't as adaptable.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake Hudson" <bl...@ispn.net> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 8:32:45 AM Subject: Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks On 3/19/2020 12:22 PM, Mark Tinka wrote: > > On 19/Mar/20 18:07, Matt Hoppes wrote: >> Agreed... 720 or 1080 Netflix will work just as fine as 4K for the >> next month or two. > Well, the article claims "Drop stream quality from HD". That means 4K, > 1080p and 720p. > > If you have an OCA on your network, how does this encourage consumers to > use the "extra bandwidth" for anything else? > > Are we assuming we know how consumers want to spend their time now? > > Mark. Across several eyeball networks I'm not seeing any noticeable increase in peak (95%) demand between now and January. Since Netflix automatically scales down data rates in the event of congestion, the only thing I foresee forcing Netflix to reduce data rates [ahead of any congestion] would accomplish is causing excess link capacity to go unused (wasted). This sounds like a policy decision made without a technical argument... e.g. not a data driven decision, but a decision made out of fear or panic.
