so what are these netflix boxes ? links ?... I thought they had capacity (who doesn't, like bbc too ... ) courtesy of amazon data sevices aws ...at their data centres;
that we discussed earlier in the thread.
... for the aforementioned swapping to 1080p/fhd ... is the bandwidth not reduced across all levels of subscription
edit yes ok some further isp distribution was touched on earlier ... but, wouldn't they be managed by amazon .. otherwise the delivery chain is netflix - aws - netflix ?
Netflix use a mix of AWS/S3 and their own open connect hardware for content delivery.
Pre launch, all title packages are held in S3, then when ready for release they are deployed to their open connect CDN appliances across the globe, once there are enough clusters with enough copies of a title, that title is then served to (local) customers. S3 is then removed from that scenario once titles are live.
Everything you see before you press play is held on AWS. (title cards, menus, etc)
That being said, would be nice to hear when they plan on upping bit rate levels again