Netflix Is Using AI to Conquer the World... and Bandwidth Issues -- The Motley Fool

In early 2016, streaming giant Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) announced that it had rolled out its service to 190 countries around the world. As the top provider of streaming content in the U.S., one of the biggest questions regarding the company's ability to succeed elsewhere was the issue of bandwidth. With slower internet speeds in many countries, would streaming performance suffer as a result? With worldwide growth at stake, this was a question that the company needed to answer. Turns out Netflix has a variety of tools it uses to navigate markets with underdeveloped bandwidth.