Computer hardware for sale, cheap

Jarod Wilson jarod at wilsonet.com
Fri Jan 28 13:34:24 EST 2011


On Jan 28, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Thomas Charron wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Mark Komarinski <mkomarinski at wayga.org> wrote:
>> 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
> 
>  Those are aggregate averages, disregarding variations based on
> service.  This offsets fiber connects fast speeds by also including
> DSL slower speeds.

Indeed, if Verizon's numbers there were split between dsl and fios,
the chart would look a lot different. I've got a 25Mbps symmetric fios
pipe, and it routinely sustains max throughput, so netflix's measly
4.8Mbps is no problem. :)

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Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com






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