Netflix Instant Accounts For 20 Percent of Peak...

October 27, 2010

$Netflix Instant Accounts For 20 Percent of Peak U.S. Bandwith Use Netflix instant accounts for 20 percent of all non-mobile internet use during prime time in the United States, according to a new study. Steaming media — real-time entertainment — accounts for 43% of peak period traffic in the U.S., according to Sandvine, which helps ISPs manage their networks and thus has access to buckets of information about usage patterns. But Netflix alone accounts for nearly half of that between 8 and 10 p.m., and that usage comes from only 1.8 percent of the service’s subscribers. » via infoneer-pulse:Wired I know that, ostensibly, we try to get people to think about online education options, but to be honest, streaming video seems like what the Internet was really made for. =\$

Netflix Instant Accounts For 20 Percent of Peak U.S. Bandwith Use

Netflix instant accounts for 20 percent of all non-mobile internet use during prime time in the United States, according to a new study.

Steaming media — real-time entertainment — accounts for 43% of peak period traffic in the U.S., according to Sandvine, which helps ISPs manage their networks and thus has access to buckets of information about usage patterns.

But Netflix alone accounts for nearly half of that between 8 and 10 p.m., and that usage comes from only 1.8 percent of the service’s subscribers.

» via infoneer-pulse:Wired

I know that, ostensibly, we try to get people to think about online education options, but to be honest, streaming video seems like what the Internet was really made for. =\