you have to log into the netflix account and set it off auto for each sub
account

ours was 512k max. maybe resolution on a tv would have been pixelated we
did our verifications from PC

On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 3:25 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:

> Interesting.
>
> On 1/23/2020 4:23 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote:
> > The cell carriers have caching servers installed so they can
> > manipulate the traffic.   We are working on doing something similar...
> > but so far every MikroTik consultant I've hired has screwed me on this.
> >
> > On 1/23/20 4:21 PM, Adam Moffett wrote:
> >> If I recall correctly, they have lower quality levels for mobile
> >> users on 4G.  I wonder how they know you're mobile and whether you
> >> can trick the system into counting your user as mobile.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 1/23/2020 4:17 PM, Mathew Howard wrote:
> >>> Yeah, last I looked that's what they said the lowest quality needed.
> >>> A few years back I did some testing with various speeds, and I think
> >>> I got down to somewhere around 500k before Netflix would break. But
> >>> even then, the picture quality was getting pretty ugly.
> >>>
> >>> But seriously... if Netflix defaulted to lower quality (not lowest,
> >>> but in the middle), and made you set it higher if you wanted, most
> >>> people would never know or care... and it'd save a lot of bandwidth.
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 3:14 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]
> >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>     I'm pretty sure the lowest quality level on Netflix needs 0.7
> >>>     mbps.  If your rule ended up giving them 256k+512k then it would
> >>>     have worked.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     On 1/23/2020 4:10 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
> >>>>     Way back in the day, when powercode had the old type queue, we
> >>>>     built our basic one to buffer at 512 long enough to maintain a 2
> >>>>     hour sd stream at 256k with periodic 512k bucket refills. so
> >>>>     really it was 512k effectively. It may very vell be that
> >>>>     expectations of "standard" definition were different back then.
> >>>>     but I thought that was an actual resolution standard
> >>>>
> >>>>     On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 2:58 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]
> >>>>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>         I don’t remember ever being able to stream Netflix on 256K.
> >>>>         1M maybe, and 1.5M still gives you decent SD.  You’re going
> >>>>         to need at least 2.5M though for HD.  So that’s one part of
> >>>>         the answer is HD.  Some streaming services, like DirecTV On
> >>>>         Demand, don’t have adaptive video quality and want a minimum
> >>>>         of 5M to stream.  Another factor is “live” video, which is
> >>>>         compressed on-the-fly and probably not as efficiently as
> >>>>         pre-recorded content.
> >>>>
> >>>>         Of course, if the customer has more, video streams will
> >>>>         happily use it.
> >>>>
> >>>>         *From:* AF <[email protected]
> >>>>         <mailto:[email protected]>> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones
> >>>>         *Sent:* Thursday, January 23, 2020 2:29 PM
> >>>>         *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]
> >>>>         <mailto:[email protected]>>
> >>>>         *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] The Future
> >>>>
> >>>>         we are at the end of the wireless backhaul road. when I
> >>>>         started 15 or so years ago, we were just moving off a
> >>>>         handdful of random T1s to a bonded 6mb circuit backhauling
> >>>>         that was nothing. Now we have two gig circuits on separate
> >>>>         parts of our network, and we are a tiny WISP in podunk USA..
> >>>>         We dont put less than 1.2gbps backhauls in for core backhauls
> >>>>         now. The existing technology for distance in a single unit us
> >>>>         roughly 2gbps when trying to cover any distance of merit.
> >>>>         Sure you can do more than that, you can cheat outside link
> >>>>         budgets and ignore your rain region. But if youre talking
> >>>>         about most temperate region backhauls with legitimate
> >>>>         reliability thats the wall.
> >>>>
> >>>>         we keep poking a little more bits/hz out, but that not really
> >>>>         new tech, its all dependent upon smaller and smaller path
> >>>>         budgets, that eventually wont be attainable. so you have to
> >>>>         start doing shorter shots, with more radios, more channel
> >>>>         size, etc. eventually you hit the point where its no longer
> >>>>         economically viable to keep throwing radio and lease costs at
> >>>>         it and youll have to put glass in the dirt.
> >>>>
> >>>>         Duct is whats future proof, fiber is just the current best
> >>>>         long term option for transport. pending some breakthrough
> >>>>         tech, its the only real long term cost effective future
> >>>>         proofish option.
> >>>>
> >>>>         We will hit a wall on demand at some point in the near term
> >>>>         as we run out of things to connect.
> >>>>
> >>>>         Can anybody answer why 256k used to be able to deliver a
> >>>>         decent SD netflix stream and now i need multiple mbps for the
> >>>>         same thing? asking for a friend
> >>>>
> >>>>         On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 1:40 PM Carl Peterson
> >>>>         <[email protected]
> >>>>         <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>             "Elon started it as a project to raise money, yes. Morgan
> >>>>             Stanley is up valuing it because they don't understand
> >>>>             technology. This project is not even close to spacex's
> >>>>             purpose for existing. If it disappeared it would not have
> >>>>             any real effect on their overall mission."
> >>>>
> >>>>             This isn't really true.  There was one primary driver.
> >>>>
> >>>>             1) You need to bring down the cost of launch considerably
> >>>>             in order to expand the launch market to a size where
> >>>>             developing and maintaining a reusable rocket fleet makes
> >>>>             sense but you can't bring down the cost of launch till
> >>>>             you have customers to fill the launch manifest and that
> >>>>             spool up will take years.  SpaceX thinks they have solved
> >>>>             this by becoming their own customer for all their extra
> >>>>             launch capacity for the foreseeable future.
> >>>>
> >>>>             When they looked at #1 above they realized that there was
> >>>>             a huge potential market there and even a a few % of the
> >>>>             global internet market could be a cash cow for years to
> >>>>             come.
> >>>>
> >>>>             On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 9:13 PM Jason McKemie
> >>>>             <[email protected]
> >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>                 Elon started it as a project to raise money, yes.
> >>>>                 Morgan Stanley is up valuing it because they don't
> >>>>                 understand technology. This project is not even close
> >>>>                 to spacex's purpose for existing. If it disappeared
> >>>>                 it would not have any real effect on their overall
> >>>>                 mission.
> >>>>
> >>>>                 On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, Robert
> >>>>                 <[email protected]
> >>>>                 <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>                     um, no, Starlink is now becoming the primary
> >>>>                     reason for the huge run-up in valuation for
> >>>> SpaceX...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-future-multibillion-dollar-valuation-starlink-internet-morgan-stanley-2019-9
> >>>>
> >>>>                     On 1/21/20 4:15 PM, Jason McKemie wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>                         The difference being that this is a side
> >>>>                         project for one of the main businesses, not
> >>>>                         their primary purpose. At best I don't think
> >>>>                         this is going to be anything besides a better
> >>>>                         alternative to other satellite internet
> >>>> options.
> >>>>
> >>>>                         On Tuesday, January 21, 2020, Darin Steffl
> >>>>                         <[email protected]
> >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>                             Guys, lots of misinformation here.
> >>>>
> >>>>                             They are NO plans nor hints of
> >>>>                             integrating Starlink antennas into Tesla
> >>>>                             cars. It may happen but no one has hinted
> >>>>                             of this happening. All Tesla's have 3G or
> >>>>                             4G modems already built-in to them along
> >>>>                             with WiFi. Updates are sent via WiFi
> >>>>                             first and after the fleet has received
> >>>>                             the updates, they eventually push it to
> >>>>                             cars via cellular data that haven't
> >>>>                             updated via WiFi.
> >>>>
> >>>>                             Regarding B2B backhaul, I don't believe
> >>>>                             you'll see this as an option anytime soon
> >>>>                             for WISP's or other ISP's. They're
> >>>>                             targeting residential and small
> >>>>                             businesses as well as
> >>>>                             government contracts. The cost if they
> >>>>                             did offer B2B backhaul services would
> >>>>                             likely be higher than fiber to your
> >>>>                             network. Please stop thinking this will
> >>>>                             happen as I bet it will not.
> >>>>
> >>>>                             They may offer a self install option but
> >>>>                             they'll also have a contractor to perform
> >>>>                             most installs for a cost is my guess.
> >>>>                             Maybe they'll send a self install kit for
> >>>>                             X price and if you can't get it working,
> >>>>                             they'll schedule a contract install for
> >>>>                             XX price.
> >>>>
> >>>>                             I'll also say that you should not doubt
> >>>>                             Elon's passion to achieve great things. I
> >>>>                             have a Tesla and it's a work of art and
> >>>>                             by far the best vehicle I've ever driven.
> >>>>                             99% of people who have driven one also
> >>>>                             think this. Tesla is succeeding, SpaceX
> >>>>                             is on it's way there, The Boring Company
> >>>>                             is half done with their Vegas tunnel, and
> >>>>                             Starlink will likely be a viable
> >>>>                             competitor for us.
> >>>>
> >>>>                             On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 4:48 PM Ryan Ray
> >>>>                             <[email protected]
> >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>                                 Can you link that? What exactly were
> >>>>                                 they testing?
> >>>>
> >>>>                                 On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 2:36 PM
> >>>>                                 Robert Andrews
> >>>>                                 <[email protected]
> >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>                                     Somehow they passed a first
> >>>>                                     review from US DOD...  Can't be
> >>>>                                     all smoke
> >>>>                                     and mirrors in space...
> >>>>
> >>>>                                     On 01/21/2020 12:18 PM, Ryan Ray
> >>>>                                     wrote:
> >>>>                                     > I'm still very wary of this.
> >>>>                                     There seems to be a lot of
> >>>>                                     over-promising
> >>>>                                     > under delivering. In typical
> >>>>                                     Elon fashion, no details but the
> >>>>                                     world runs
> >>>>                                     > with it and puts out all these
> >>>>                                     data models that make it seem
> >>>>                                     like the
> >>>>                                     > second coming of christ.
> >>>>                                     Customer CPE is a pizza box ufo
> >>>>                                     <$200 and they
> >>>>                                     > are starting in 2020, but
> >>>>                                     there's no pictures or details.
> >>>>                                     How is that
> >>>>                                     > even possible? We're buying
> >>>>                                     450b at a more expensive cost and
> >>>>                                     there
> >>>>                                     > ain't no phased antenna with
> >>>>                                     motors in it.
> >>>>                                     >
> >>>>                                     > Then all you read online is the
> >>>>                                     cult following of spaceslax who
> >>>>                                     takes a
> >>>>                                     > twitter post as gospel and just
> >>>>                                     keeps perpetuating the same tired
> >>>>                                     > information.
> >>>>                                     >
> >>>>                                     >
> >>>>                                     >
> >>>>                                     > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 10:02
> >>>>                                     AM Bill Prince
> >>>>                                     <[email protected]
> >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>
> >>>>                                     > <mailto:[email protected]
> >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
> >>>>                                     >
> >>>>                                     >     If the SpaceX Starlink
> >>>>                                     system works at 50% of what it's
> >>>>                                     hyped, it will
> >>>>                                     >     become the future of rural
> >>>>                                     internet. Urban is still going
> >>>> to be
> >>>>                                     >     dominated (eventually) by
> >>>>                                     fiber for the foreseeable future.
> >>>>                                     Higher
> >>>>                                     >     speed
> >>>>                                     >     wireless will be very, very
> >>>>                                     local.
> >>>>                                     >
> >>>>                                     >
> >>>>                                     >     bp
> >>>>                                     >  <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
> >>>>                                     >
> >>>>                                     >     On 1/19/2020 6:29 PM, Matt
> >>>>                                     Hoppes wrote:
> >>>>                                     >      > I don’t know why, but
> >>>>                                     this evening got me thinking about
> >>>>                                     >     broadband delivery over the
> >>>>                                     past 30 years and the future of
> >>>>                                     broadband.
> >>>>                                     >      >
> >>>>                                     >      > First we had nothing,
> >>>>                                     then along came dial-up and
> >>>> that was
> >>>>                                     >     amazing and many companies
> >>>>                                     sprung up offering the service.
> >>>>                                     Giants
> >>>>                                     >     like AOL and Prodigy.
> >>>>                                     >      >
> >>>>                                     >      > Then DSL and Cable came
> >>>>                                     along as well as wireless and
> >>>>                                     dial-up has
> >>>>                                     >     all but died.
> >>>>                                     >      >
> >>>>                                     >      > Now DSL is basically
> >>>>                                     dead, cable and wireless have
> >>>>                                     gone through
> >>>>                                     >     several iterations and we
> >>>>                                     are seeing a push to fiber.
> >>>>                                     >      >
> >>>>                                     >      > What’s the possibility
> >>>>                                     in the next 10 years cable and
> >>>>                                     wireless
> >>>>                                     >     will be dead technologies
> >>>>                                     with fiber at the fore front?
> >>>>                                     Possibly.
> >>>>                                     >      >
> >>>>                                     >      > But then..... is fiber
> >>>>                                     really future proof? We are
> >>>>                                     talking about
> >>>>                                     >     investing hundreds of
> >>>>                                     millions into fiber
> >>>>                                     infrastructure, because
> >>>>                                     >     it’s “the future”. But is
> >>>> it?
> >>>>                                     >      >
> >>>>                                     >      > So far every technology
> >>>>                                     delivery mechanism to date has
> >>>> become
> >>>>                                     >     obsolete in as little as
> >>>>                                     6-10 years.
> >>>>                                     >
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