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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