Re: COVID-19 vs. our Networks

[Blake Hudson <blake () ispn net>]

Yes, but does that matter? If there's extra capacity on the link, 
Netflix runs at full rate. If there is not extra capacity Netflix rates 
down to prevent congestion. While streaming video (including Netflix) 
uses a lot of bandwidth, I don't see Netflix causing congestion. It gets 
a bad wrap, and I think that's unfair because Netflix is actually really 
efficient and really conscientious compared to others.

On 3/20/2020 8:52 AM, Mike Hammett wrote:
> Some of the pipes Netflix goes through is also used by other services 
> that aren't as adaptable.
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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
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> 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.