 MoracCat god
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
kudos:1 | How accurate is it? The fastest ISP according to Netflix is Google at about 3.5 Mbps. I had 3 Mbps with Comcast 10 years ago.
Most ISPs are now at least 12 Mbps, so why is Netflix saying most are under 2 Mbps? |
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 RickNYPremium
join:2000-11-02
Manorville, NY | said by Morac:The fastest ISP according to Netflix is Google at about 3.5 Mbps. I had 3 Mbps with Comcast 10 years ago.
Most ISPs are now at least 12 Mbps, so why is Netflix saying most are under 2 Mbps?
Thats the average Netflix stream rate for each ISP -- not the ISP's speed.. Netflix doesn't use a huge amount of bandwidth when streaming to you - but if you have a crappy connection, you notice it. |
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 LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | said by RickNY:said by Morac:The fastest ISP according to Netflix is Google at about 3.5 Mbps. I had 3 Mbps with Comcast 10 years ago.
Most ISPs are now at least 12 Mbps, so why is Netflix saying most are under 2 Mbps?
Thats the average Netflix stream rate for each ISP -- not the ISP's speed.. Netflix doesn't use a huge amount of bandwidth when streaming to you - but if you have a crappy connection, you notice it. And that average stream speed is affected by decisions made by users on video quality. Netflix lets users choose less than top quality in order to reduce the amount of bytes transferred(caps make users choose lower quality in some cases). So some of their rankings may be suspect based on variables not related to the ISPs ability to deliver high speeds.
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 CabalPremium
join:2007-01-21
Austin, TX | The folks are Netflix are pretty smart. That is no doubt taken into account.
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| But probably ignored. The point of the rankings is to make fast connections look superior, even if 10Mbps can deliver Netflix's max quality. Otherwise they wouldn't include Google Fiber which has practically no subscribers. |
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said by Morac:The fastest ISP according to Netflix is Google at about 3.5 Mbps. I had 3 Mbps with Comcast 10 years ago.
Most ISPs are now at least 12 Mbps, so why is Netflix saying most are under 2 Mbps?
Netflix streams don't need more than a few Mbps. It's more about how reliably and consistently an ISP can deliver the stream w/out hiccups to/from Netflix servers. |
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