Do change in DSL speed when using Netflix

I started using Netflix thru my Blue Ray player.

I expected my DSL speed to decrease while playing a movie, but there was no decrease in speed.

Why is that ?

Download Speed: 2995 kbps (374.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 572 kbps (71.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

From: "Andy"

I started using Netflix thru my Blue Ray player.

I expected my DSL speed to decrease while playing a movie, but there was
no decrease in
speed.

Why is that ?

Download Speed: 2995 kbps (374.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 572 kbps (71.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Think of the Internet as water through a pipe.

Say you get a certain flow rate ( Internet speed ) through a 1" pipe.

You turn on a faucet that uses a 1/2" pipe. Then you turn on a faucet that
also uses a 1/2" pipe.

The 1st flow is relatively unaffected by the turning on a 2cnd faucet.

Now look at it as you turn on a faucet that uses a 1" pipe. Then you turn
on a faucet that also uses a 1/2" pipe.

Now the flow that uses a 1" pipe drops as the second, 1/2" water flow draws
off water.

The Blue Ray movie stream may just use enough bandwidth so you can watch a
streaming movie. However if you started somwthing from a PC like FTP a
200MB binary, the streaming movie may be affected.

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Dave
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