Re:Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days
by lxgr on Thursday March 19, 2020 @06:26PM
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The math still does not work out.
On an 1:10 asymmetric connection, users would need to remain available for seeding 10 times longer than it takes to download (and presumably watch) the film to have a net positive impact on the system.
That's not exactly realistic, considering that a lot of traffic goes to mobile devices where this would outright kill battery life.
On an 1:10 asymmetric connection, users would need to remain available for seeding 10 times longer than it takes to download (and presumably watch) the film to have a net positive impact on the system.
That's not exactly realistic, considering that a lot of traffic goes to mobile devices where this would outright kill battery life.