No more question of letting your box run for nothing. Telecom operators are going to generalize their subscribers’ box standby systems when they are not in use, as part of the electricity saving efforts requested by the government.
“There are boxes, decoders, which automatically go into standby, but all of this is not entirely uniform”, explained the Minister in charge of digital. Jean-Noël Barrot on Europe 1.
“The commitments made by the sector, it is either for the existing boxes already installed to make an update which allows this standby mode in a slightly more systematic way, or, for the new boxes which will be distributed (…) that this standby is installed by default,” he said.
It reactivates as soon as a device connects
Some speakers on social networks interpreted the Minister’s remarks as the announcement of systems allowing operators to cut off their subscribers’ Internet access to save electricity. This interpretation was challenged by the cabinet of Jean-Noël Barrot.
“It’s not about shutting down the internet at night,” the ministry said. We encourage the generalization, for operators or equipment manufacturers, of the hibernation parameter for boxes. This is to have a standby, generated by default, either after a certain period of inactivity, or when the box no longer detects any device connected to wifi. This setting also allows the box to reactivate as soon as it again detects a device connected to it. »