https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/mar/20/amazon-prime-video-to-slow-streaming-to-fight-broadband-overload
I think this might be happening in the U.S., because the internet seems better today than it has been recently, even just yesterday.
Mark Sweney
Fri 20 Mar 2020 08.44 EDT
Amazon’s Prime Video, the world’s second-largest streaming service, is set to join YouTube and Netflix in reducing the speed of its streams across Europe to make sure broadband networks can handle the surge in usage as millions are confined to their homes.
It is understood that the BBC is discussing whether to implement similar temporary measures for the iPlayer, which has the largest UK audience of any streaming service, along with Disney+, which launches across most of western Europe and the UK next week.
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