Report: Netflix Urged To Slow Down Streaming To Stop The Internet From Breaking
UPDATE: Netflix Reducing Streaming Bit Rates 25% Across Europe (via Media Play News)
From CNN:
The European Union is urging Netflix and other streaming platforms to stop showing video in high definition to prevent the internet from breaking under the strain of unprecedented usage due to the coronavirus pandemic.
With so many countries on forced lockdowns to fight the spread of the virus, hundreds of millions working from home and even more children out of school, EU officials are concerned about the huge strain on internet bandwidth.
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Facebook on Wednesday acknowledged that the effects of the pandemic are also stretching it to the limit.
On a Related Note
Microsoft Scales Back Office 365 Features to Handle High Loads (via Bleeping Computer)
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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