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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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Seriously. That’s your angle in a time of global crisis?
I pay a lot for my broadband but if they’re going to slightly throttle me in times like this to help everybody then fine. Whilst it would be good and proper of them I really don’t care if they don’t give me a few pence back right now.
Ahhh, wrong. If 50 people, for example, are now working from home but were previously working in a corporate environment on a LAN, then those same 50 people can still access the corporate LAN but over the Internet using VPN.
If 50 school-aged kids who were previously in school and not accessing the Internet during classroom study, and are now doing "remote learning", they are doing that over the Internet instead of using the school's LAN.
Now multiply those 50 corporate workers and 50 school kids by many fold and your statement fails miserably.
I disagree. I think they’ll be using a lot more.
The closed schools means that children are going to be hitting it harder than ever.
Lots of bored parents around too.
Loads of people ‘supposed to be’ working will find them selves on social media while ‘working from home’.
Technically, I never had a cord to cut. I have yet (in my adult life) to subscribe to cable or satellite TV. I have always done OTA for tv and Radio and used my entertainment budget for CD / DVD purchases, until digital downloads and purchase became a thing for both forms of media.
So yeah I am also enjoying some OTA as well as my local collection of media. No complaints here.
I'm all in favor of going audio only where possible, but I sometimes have to look at diagnostic screens or someone else working on a whiteboard. And no, I do not believe watching Avengers is as important as keeping the economy going as much as possible. Netflix during business hours should be one of the first things to go if bandwidth really gets tight.
Most small businesses aren't heavy users. Your average retail small business is using the Internet to run credit card transactions. (Indeed, in the US, a lot of large chain retailers, like convenience stores, gas stations and even big-box stores, use satellite Internet. Their bandwidth requirements are tiny, but it allows the company to centrally manage their network with one ISP, regardless of location)
Most of it is just enough to provide a middling quality picture Anyway. Let’s all watch crappy SD woohoo.
Oh no 😱 people suffering and die. The EU tries to keep everything is as normal as even possible but some here just cannot understand that living without 4K content in some period of time is the minor problem.
You should ashamed.
You should ashamed.
Sure, is more important to see the wrinkles on the zombies's faces than let people do its job properly :/
We need to think that we are having a global emergency issue, so any help in making this times better is welcome.
The article in NO WAY even hints that they are considering helping anyone.
They are saying that they believe teleconferencing is more important than streaming & want Netflix to voluntarily change their business to support that opinion.
It never said throttle for “important” video conferencing... ALL videoconferencing work related.
So, if I’m laid off streaming videos trying to learn a skill I can use at home to make money during this crisis... & my neighbor who peddles dildos wants to look at video streams of every new model all day long- his usage should obviously take precedence over mine?
Because that’s EXACTLY what this means.
He’s working. I’m not. He gets full speed. I get throttled. End of.
Sounds like a crock to me.
This would only make the teeniest bit of sense on a case by case- grand sweeping statements of what is important are much more likely to be wrong... kinda like avoiding the “all” or “never” answers on a test, for the same reason.
That's EXACTLY what it means it it?
No.
That's what's really a crock.
Trying to reduce usage is sensible at this time, who gives a hoot what your neighbour is doing. If you happen to be the straw that breaks the camels back guess what? Nobody wins and in fact everybody loses.
Everybody helping 'where we should and can' is sensible, (of course there are going to be people who don't care or want what's theirs there always are in any situation- oh wait, that sounds like you....), but if you wanna get yours because you THINK everybody else is then great, go right ahead and be that guy.
Calm down, brother.
Coronavirus is the threat... not me, remember?
Turn off the “attack mode”, yeah?
Opinions, by definition, are neither right nor wrong.
I’ll respect yours & not insult you whether I disagree with you or not... I’d appreciate the same courtesy. Particularly since your post (conversely to the content) seems to be calling for courtesy for others, with regards to network usage.
In my opinion- the vast, vast, vast majority of work performed remotely does NOT require a full time high def video feed whatsoever. In my opinion, those doing that for literally no reason at all are being far more wasteful and disrespectful of limited bandwidth than those relaxing at home w/ some Netflix. In my opinion, since most displaced workers have no idea if they’re unemployed for 6 days... or 6 months; I imagine getting lost in some cinema is keeping their mental health a bit more stable. In my opinion, that is at least as important as unnecessary video streaming that sounds to me more like vanity or just corporate nonsense.... again, I can’t think of enough jobs to count on more than one hand that would actually require a full time video feed that would cause problems if it were briefly pixelated.
As an aside- I assure you, my opinion is not based on me sitting home & being selfish. I’m a contractor in a retirement community. It’s important for me to stay away from the elderly, for their safety- in case I do contract the virus. However, I can get lost in renovations & property improvements for quite some time. I do feel blessed that my livelihood seems minorly affected... I’m speaking more in empathy towards others, stuck at home. I truly feel anything they choose to do is equally as valid as an hd video chat.
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Many are using more internet, because they need to get back to machines in the office, from home. Network traffic isn't all Netflix and YouTube.
A lot of people in European countries are quarantined - France, Italy, Norway, Belgium, Spain - all stores apart from groceries are closed (e.g. no cafes), schools are closed. Turns out baristas and H&M shop assistants can't really work from home...
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check out the difference between bandwidth and latency and how remote desktop / VPN needs are different to streaming.
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Attack mode was never on dude.
My angle? Do what you need to and try and limit over reactions. I went to the store today and the shelves and freezers were empty, it was actually quite annoying. What we should ALL be doing is being sensible I could have bought 30 rolls of toilet roll just because everybody else is but I didn't.
We don't need to get silly because the guy next to you is. In ANY walk of life, use less/only what you need is an ideal we should all strive for. I think it's especially relevant now.
Comcast (as well as other ISPs) has actually suspended their data cap. Take that.
I absolutely very highly agree with this post!
However, I think that the opinion “we need to calm down... make sensible decisions & not panic based ones” flies directly in the face of the opinion “Netflix needs to cap everyone at sd immediately, or nobody will be able to get work done”.
I feel like it’s impossible to hold both of those diametrically opposed opinions simultaneously.
I think they should do it. We’d all benefit from some internet that way rather than a few people bringing down the whole network.
I do pay for a gym and the government ordered them to close. I’m not going to get my money back, is not their fault.
I do pay for public transportation and I won’t get a refund for these weeks. The list goes on.
My daughter sometimes watches YouTube during the day so my wife is able to get some work done. I’ve already reduced quality from 1080 to 720 so my wife can have more bandwidth.
If people are working from home that’s the priority, at least during business hours.
Hopefully, if forced to reduce quality, Netflix will in some way compensate its customers. We are facing hard times, everybody need to do his part.
