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What would happen if USA calls on companies such as Netflix, Youtube, etc. to switch to SD in order to reduce streaming bitrates for at least 30 days like Europe had just done in order to have good quality uninterrupted internet connections to work from home properly & for emergencies?

https://deadline.com/2020/03/eu-netflix-ceo-switch-to-standard-definition-coronavirus-1202887374/

The European Unions Internal Market and Services Commissioner, Thierry Breton, has called on streaming platforms such as Netflix and YouTube to take measures to prevent internet gridlock as the response to the Coronavirus places additional strain on communications networks. In a call placed Wednesday, he urged Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to serve only standard definition content to users in times of peak demand.

With vast numbers of people now working from home, and using video chat and digital messages to stay in touch with friends and family, and as users increase their time spent on streaming platforms, Breton said streamers had a role to play in ensuring telecom operators werent overwhelmed. Streaming platforms, telecom operators and users, we all have a joint responsibility to take steps to ensure the smooth functioning of the internet during the battle against the virus propagation, Breton said, in a statement released after his call.

https://twitter.com/marcburleigh/status/1240695225233760257

Netflix announces it will reduce streaming bit rates for 30 days across Europe to ease up on overloaded internet. "We estimate that this will reduce Netflix traffic on European networks by around 25 percent while also ensuring a good quality service for our members. #coronavirus

You think you'll be able to handle that?

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