To me it looks like only Swisscom is having problems. My Salt connection has no problem, and my Sunrise mobile connection is stable aswell. But my workplace uses Swisscom infrastructure - and boy, it's a nightmare since we are grounded home. Only bad network is worse than no network.
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EU Urges Netflix, YouTube to Consider Limiting Stream Quality to Ease Strain on Networks Amid Surge in Remote Working
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So the EU is saying it is not alright to throttle quantity, just quality. Whereas the US is permitting throttling of quantity, not quality. Unlimited of bad service v short bursts of greatness
yes, an the problem lies in the chnge of location. as the traffic hift from buisess subscriptions with low or none oversubscription rates to home/residensial subs with higher over supscription rates, as ususal the last mile residensial infra structure is the largest problem
Videoconferencing traffic is overrated, I think it's a poor assumption made by people that it's bandwidth intensive. Videoconferencing normally uses 360p video at 15 FPS, it's tiny. To find actual numbers, the US educational backbone, Internet2 has run, at peak, 19 Gbps to Zoom. Compare 81.6 Gbps to Netflix and 210 Gbps to Apple.
So if they want to save bandwidth, block Apple.
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All good here streaming Netflix (SD), Amazon Prime Video, hulu, HBO and iTunes in HD, day and night.
Considering outdated (if not antique) broadband networks in the US, Netflix should have such conversation not with the EU but with the US. Secondly, I would expect a monthly fee to be lowered appropriately.
Anyone else see the article at CloudFlare https://blog.cloudflare.com/on-the-shoulders-of-giants-recent-changes-in-internet-traffic/
I'm curious to hear an actual need for this vs just fear mongering. "Oh noes, we don't have the bandwidths Scotty"
Sounds like BS to me when we're looking at TB/s capacity.
I'm curious to hear an actual need for this vs just fear mongering. "Oh noes, we don't have the bandwidths Scotty"
Sounds like BS to me when we're looking at TB/s capacity.
False assumption. The US, despite its size, has much faster Internet than most of Europe. If you want to see outdated, go see how Europe is stuck on DSL.
The US relies on cable, which has been proven to be highly scalable. In the US, TV comes largely via cable (~70%). In Europe, antenna and satellite TV are more popular than cable (~30%), so the infrastructure is much less developed.
If you want to see a failure of broadband networks, go see Australia.
List of countries by Internet connection speeds - Wikipedia
I am currently living in Vietnam and the internet here have been super slow since the schools closed. I usually have 50mbit but in peak times I am down to 2-5mbit.
It is almost impossible to watch news from my home country in europe.. I check with many european servers and my ping is about 500 and mostly 256kbit speeds
It is almost impossible to watch news from my home country in europe.. I check with many european servers and my ping is about 500 and mostly 256kbit speeds
The problem should handle itself. If the internet slows down, less people will decide to use it thus reducing the congestion.
Maybe the EU can pay for updating its internet capability by fining a few more US corporations.
Maybe the EU can pay for updating its internet capability by fining a few more US corporations.
Ok, just playing devil’s advocate here... I have no skin in the game & honestly don’t really give a toss about something so inconsequential- but it seems to me that audio conferencing would be just fine.
Are there common work projects where you not only need to communicate but also MUST be staring at all your coworkers faces??
Sounds to me like people that are pretending like that’s even a vague “necessity” & somehow more important than all the people unable to work, watching something to keep their minds off how screwed they’re gonna be when they can’t make their bills are the ones on some me, me, me.
Doing my part. Rewatching shows, movies and other videos on my local NAS. Did an extensive download the other day of a series I wanted to watch, but not streaming much.
Am I happy I am not a cord-cutter. Don’t have to worry about streaming to get news or entertainment, plus a real am/fm radio. If I need to temporarily eliminate streaming in Netflix and prime so be it.
Certainly no offense intended, but do you believe that you seeing your boss’ face and not having it ever pixelate is somehow more important than your neighbor stuck at home unpaid, not wanted Avengers to be pixelated?
I personally don’t see the case for one being more “important” than the other.
Ok. There’s a lot of traffic. Video being balanced and EVERYONE getting an even share of pixelation when the network demands it (regardless of whether they are looking at their coworker or Robert Downey Jr.) sounds fair & equitable to me.
What do millions of people do when they get home from work every day? Stream video. Download apps and games. Play games. Etc etc. If the networks can already handle that in the evening, there's no reason they can't handle it during the day.
Exactly. I doubt many care about the change under the circumstances, but don't keep charging people for a level of service they are not getting. And they could probably just end 4K without going all the way down to SD.
"which were designed to cope only with evening surges in traffic, may not be able to handle long days"
That's really not a thing. Networks don't "wear out" in any real sense. If it can handle the surge, it can handle that pretty much indefinitely.
That's really not a thing. Networks don't "wear out" in any real sense. If it can handle the surge, it can handle that pretty much indefinitely.
That's not how it works in the UK. Most small businesses (which account for most businesses) use the same FTTC infrastructure as residential users.
Demonstrates how serious the situation is. Too many people are in or spreading denial. Only a fool or someone with an agenda would disagree with policy that favors crisis management over entertainment.
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