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[Mark Komarinski]

On 01/28/2011 11:18 AM, Thomas Charron wrote:
>    At maximum quality, which the server defaults to, Netflix streams at
> 4.8Mbps, which would lead to 2.1 gigs per hour of streamed content.
> I'm not sure where the 'bottom' is, the 4.8 is the starting point for
> 'max quality', and they downshift based on how much data they can
> actually get to you fast.
>
4800kbps (4.8MB) is the max for HD on Netflix.  No US ISP can sustain that.

http://techblog.netflix.com/2011/01/netflix-performance-on-top-isp-networks.html

-Mark