[abduhl]

From the first google result (although this was 5 years ago): “Europe gave internet service providers the right to throttle online traffic to prevent congestion as network demand spikes amid coronavirus stay-at-home and quarantine orders. Netflix and YouTube have already agreed to switch to standard-definition streaming in Europe to reduce bandwidth demand.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/coronavir...

[adriancr]

Right does not mean it's used. I would change provider if I were throttled.

> Netflix and YouTube have already agreed to switch to standard-definition streaming in Europe to reduce bandwidth demand.”

You can change quality back to whatever. You can also use other services or use the connection for other things.

[BenjiWiebe]

You're 99% on an oversubscribed connection, but the oversubscription ratio was chosen correctly so you'll likely never notice any problems.

Dedicated Internet access is a thing, but it's expensive; and I'd argue that even that is oversubscribed if you go far enough up the chain.

[sgjohnson]

> Dedicated Internet access is a thing, but it's expensive; and I'd argue that even that is oversubscribed if you go far enough up the chain.

The only way to get internet access that’s not oversubscribed is by renting (or pulling your own) layer 0. By that I mean either renting a wavelength between certain PoPs or just pulling your own fiber.

[adriancr]

Sure, ISP can oversubscribe as much as they want.

As long as they make a fair guess and I get my bandwidth whenever I want, all is good.

That seems to be the case right now.

Dedicated internet access is a different thing, I agree, it also provides different guarantees, support, etc.