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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Yep, Netflix is reducing their bandwidth by 25% to help with this.
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That’s not evidence that it’s actually a thing though - at least not in the UK. Only that there’s a perception this is happening.
BT confirmed the other day that record levels of bandwidth were in use when Tottenham played their last Champions League tie and at the same time an update to Red Dead Redemption 2 was released. This was 3.5x normal daytime bandwidth usage. Home working, even millions of people doing so, barely nudges the dial.
More people in self isolation in the evenings (and entire countries in lockdown), on top of normal evening usage, is more likely be be the reason they’ve reduced the bandwidth.