All indie ISP's are going to be Schitt-ing a brick if UBB rates aren't significantly lowered/eliminated.
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www.wired.com/2015/01/ev ··· ust-yet/Netflix recommends 25Mbps download speeds for streaming 4K video, while the services 1080p streams require about 3Mbps. If your streaming setup buffers and stutters with the average HD video, 4K will be a struggle. According to Akamais most recent State of the Internet report, just 19 percent of U.S. homes had 4K-ready connection speeds of 15Mbps or greater. According to Ooklas Net Index, the mean broadband download speed in the US is 32Mbps, but there are major speed variances from ISP to ISP and state to state.
The good news is you may not need to upgrade your service to get smooth 4K streaming. Beamr, a post-encoding video-optimization service, is working with movie studios and streaming providers to chop 4K video bitrates by 40 percent. Beamr claims it can whittle 4K video down to a 9.5Mbps stream, making it easier for networks to handle the load. It works with HEVC-encoded video, and the company demoed its bitrate-shaving work at CES. The technology will be used in a new 4K partnership with M-Goa service thats only be available on Samsungs 4K sets.
Beamr claims its optimization software is smarter than an encoderits applied after a video is encoded using HEVCas it removes bits where they wont be missed: Blurred backgrounds, smooth textures, and parts of a scene that dont need 4K detail. According to CTO Dror Gill, even experts cant see a difference between the bitrate optimized video and the source files. Thats why Beamr is working with studios to install the optimization software as part of their digital-delivery workflow instead of content aggregators.