Wednesday, April 23, 2008

10 Percent of Broadband Subscribers Suck Up 80 Percent of Bandwidth But P2P No Longer to Blame


No, p2p is no longer the single biggest traffic whore, responsible for only 20 percent of total traffic. It's streaming video, like YouTube and Hulu, which is now 50 percent of total traffic. During peak congestion—the times when Comcast will slow you down for hitting the pipe too hard—70 percent of it is http.


Does this mean ISPs are going to stop throttling encrypted packets? No
Are they going to start throttling video? Most likely.
Are they going to stop advertising fast up/download rates, but really not offer it? Of course not.

How is this legal?

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