[LINK] Propose Video Bandwidth Limit During COVID19 Emergency

[Fernando Cassia]

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 03:09 Paul Brooks <pbrooks-link at layer10.com.au> wrote:

>
>
> Actually, videoconferencing systems (unlike one-way streaming media like
> youtube)
> don't adjust to use all the bandwidth, and I'm not convinced its a problem
> these days
> except for people forced to use older, slow links.  In a zoom call with
> ~10 endpoints,
> I see sustained downstream bandwidth use under 2 Mbps, only a few percent
> of the
> available link capacity.
>

+1.

https://www.sandvine.com/hubfs/Sandvine_Redesign_2019/Downloads/2020/Phenomena/Mobile%20Phenomena%20Report%201H%202020%2020200219.pdf

(the emphasis on the above report is mobile data, but interesting numbers
nonetheless) Youtube is nearly 40% of mobile traffic already.

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