Switzerland is struggling under Coronavirus lockdown. The network of Swisscom is facing unprecedented demand from users streaming content from Netflix and others.
As a result, the Swiss Federal Council and Swisscom have advised residents to use the services of the communications companies "cautiously" and "sensibly", referring primarily to consumption-intensive applications such as video transmissions and streams.
And Swiss authorities are even contemplating a last resort measure to stop access to such streaming services to maintain network access for essential activities, according to Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Compared to other European countries, the Swiss are more reliant on the net for TV - the country was the first to switch of its national digital terrestrial television network as a result of a high concentration of viewers that had ditched terrestrial TV in favour of internet and cable TV services, thanks to the high penetration of fibre broadband connections.
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