Thought of the Day - April 16 - Use But Don't Waste the Internet

Hi All,

There are now many, many people worldwide making extraordinary use of the internet – “Zooming” with friends and family, “VPNing” into work from home, and “Netflicking and Chilling”. This is all adding tremendous load on the Internet – it is estimated that places with movement restrictions are seeing an increase of 70%.

Already in certain parts of the world the Internet and associated entertainment and social media services are encountering overload situations. In response YouTube is reducing its default resolution, Netflix has dropped its broadcast resolution also.

So while we should and will continue to communicate and be entertained at home using various internet services we should also be mindful. This means turning off the TV, or stopping your tablet streaming if you are not watching it, resisting running your new-fangled 4K TV/Set Top Box at full resolution just ‘cause you can, oh and holding back on spreading all those cute videos of cats and dogs on social media :o

Cheers

Cliff