全球网络带宽告急, Netflix 将在更多国家降低画质

媒体 3 月 26 日消息，据外媒报道，知情人士透露，在与互联网服务提供商和政府部门沟通之后，Netflix 将降低印度、澳大利亚和部分南美洲国家的视频画质。Netflix 是全球第二大互联网流量来源，而第一大流量来源 YouTube 本周已经降低了世界各地的默认视频画质。多地政府都希望能为因为新冠疫情而被困家中的数亿民众保留流量。在全球多地下达封城令后，作为互联网基础设施最大消耗者的流媒体视频需求量最近几周出现激增。（来源：新浪科技）
The media reported on March 26 that according to foreign media reports, insiders revealed that Netflix would reduce the video quality in India, Australia and some South American countries after communicating with Internet service providers and government departments. Netflix is the world’s second largest source of Internet traffic, and YouTube, the largest source of traffic, has lowered the default video quality around the world this week. Many governments hope to reserve traffic for the hundreds of millions of people trapped in their homes due to the new outbreak. As the biggest consumer of Internet infrastructure, the demand for streaming video has surged in recent weeks after many city closures have been issued around the world. (Source: Sina Science and Technology)