Netflix has begun to apply, in secret, a very important measure for its subscribers in Europe, one that I told you about the other day, and one that will bring joy to many people. More precisely, those at Netflix have taken the decision to remove the restrictions for the quality of streaming in at least some European countries, they were imposed at the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic to reduce congestion on the networks used by all of Europe.
Netflix it seems to have started at least with Germany when it comes to this modification for the quality of streaming for movies and series, from there the first confirmations come. Video streaming at 4K resolution seems to have returned to the bitrates reached before the restriction was imposed, a sign that Netflix is also starting to relax the restrictions, just like the rest of the European states where people have started to move more during this period of half of May.
Netflix: IMPORTANT Measure Taken for European Subscribers
Netflix he made this decision, most likely, because the world doesn't do as much streaming on his platform anymore, and if there aren't so many people watching the content, the internet networks don't get congested either. This evolution of things is a normal one, expected for the Netflix platform, and this is because those restrictions could not remain indefinitely, since people want to leave their homes and spend more time outdoors.
“Thankfully, at least Netflix seems to have started to reverse the streaming bandwidth limitations. I've heard from several contacts in Germany that they're now seeing streaming speeds for Netflix 4K content routinely hitting 15,25Mbps – the same top rate they were hitting before the Coronavirus limits were imposed. Previously, Netflix's throttling process saw these streams limited to 7,62 Mbps – the minimum speed required to deliver a 4K (compressed-looking) stream.”
Netflix it has not made the same change in Great Britain, for example, nor in Romania yet, but we will more than likely see it applied very soon for all European countries by the company. It is expected that things will return to normal also regarding the evolution of Netflix in other areas of Europe because there are many people who pay for content at a certain quality, and they want to receive it at that quality while watching movies and TV series.
Netflix a announced through April that he will work with the Internet service providers to return things to normal and eliminate this limit, but up to the present moment bridges have been made from this point of view.
