Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Netflix slims down bandwidth for capped Canadian users

Netflix in its first signs of addressing a rapidly constricting audience told Canadian users it was slimming down the bandwidth demands of its video service. By default, streaming in the country will now use a lower 300MB per hour bitrate that consumes two thirds less data but with "minimal impact" on the perceived image quality. The choice would let a viewer watch about 30 hours of Netflix on 9GB of data and still leave room, even under a restrictive cap from Bell, Rogers, or another similar provider....

Source: http://feeds.macnn.com/click.phdo?i=35a61e2b19a5a41cd63ead4e4fbc4a2b

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