Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

Some of the pipes Netflix goes through is also used by other services that aren't as adaptable. 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 

Midwest Internet Exchange 

The Brothers WISP 

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From: "Blake Hudson" <blake () 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.