On 20/Mar/20 16:15, Mike Hammett wrote: > It's one of those most important things that matters. > > The end user likely won't notice the difference between 4k and 720p. > They also aren't likely to notice the transition from one to the other. > > The person on the VPN, VoIP call, video conference, video game, etc. > will very much notice the congested link, even if it's only a few seconds. > > > Yes, Netflix video is very efficient, if not the most efficient. > They're also one of if not the largest slingers of bits on the > Internet. Small changes in usage of such a huge player totally eclipse > most other usages on the Internet. > > https://help.netflix.com/en/node/306 > > Netflix recommends 25 megs for Ultra HD, while only 5 megs for HD. > That's a 5x difference in something people likely won't notice and > would make a big difference on the additional VPN, VoIP, video > conferencing, etc.
Considering that the telecoms sector is one of the most traveled group of professional people around the world, on a 12-month basis, that would mean all the meetings we hold, each week, somewhere in the world, racking up air miles galore, was a total waste of time if it's all reduced to this. Don't let your Finance departments read this thread - they'll just cut your travel budgets :-). Mark.