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10% of Broadband Users Eat 80% Bandwidth, P2P Not to Blame

gizmodo.com — 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. Which explains Comcast's flip on network management and why it's a total smokescreen.

Who dugg this? Made popular Apr 23, 2008

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  • crash013, on 04/23/2008, -31/+364............../´¯/)...
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    ***** THE RIAA/MPAA
  • FapCommander, on 04/23/2008, -2/+238Well then, they shouldn't advertise it as 'unlimited' then.
  • geoken, on 04/23/2008, -1/+131I wish we had ISP's with no vested interest in television. The more mature online television/online video content become (and by extension the less viable cable/sattelite tv becomes), the more these ISP will try to sabotage our ability to watch it.
  • whiteyak41, on 04/23/2008, -3/+132That's all nice and whatnot, but do you actually think Comcast cares about logic?
  • Timmymna, on 04/23/2008, -4/+12310% of broadband users pay for the extra speed to make use of it, not to just sit and read emails all day
  • Narcism, on 04/23/2008, -4/+8610% of broadband users have a straw that goes alllll the way from their computer into my bandwidth!
  • CyberSol, on 04/23/2008, -4/+71We like(d) Ron Paul
    Hate 4 chan
    Hate Clinton
    Like people who ask girls to prom
    We are huge fans of a Rick Astley
    Your're doing it wrong, even though it was a triumph from what she said.
    Welcome to digg. Digg what you want to digg. Feel free to go against the crowd. But whatever you do, don't click this link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
  • Emachine, on 04/23/2008, -3/+69only a gig?
  • wukillabee, on 04/23/2008, -18/+82i download like a gig of pirated material everday

    hip hip hooooooooray
  • sirber, on 04/23/2008, -3/+66New news!!! Linux endorse Obama!

    (oh yeah, feeling the digging up ;) )
  • Pishposh30, on 04/23/2008, -0/+60This article is hinting at the larger problem, that 90% of people aren’t using a service they paid for to the fullest.
  • sagat, on 04/23/2008, -1/+56I remember the good ole days when 90% of traffic was email.








    We were emailing porn, music and videos.
  • aliguana, on 04/23/2008, -1/+55you can't blame one sector of the internet for hogging bandwidth. Plain simple truth is, 10% of people buy "unlimted" bandwidth and 24meg speed because they want to USE it, whether for p2p, video, audio, VNC, chat, running home servers etc, sometimes all at the same time. other people just check their emails twice a day. It's not the fault of the users that they are "hogging bandwidth", they are just using the services that they signed up to their ISP to use. It's like buying a car, then some garage complaining that you're driving too many miles in it - if you're a taxi driver that's what you bought it for!

    These ISPs and telcos need to get their act together, stop whinging about us using services we're paying for, and start fattening the pipes and upgrading the network.
  • DeadBabyFloat, on 04/23/2008, -4/+58They're is always OS X and Ron Paul...
  • inactive, on 04/23/2008, -3/+55No no, you're right, the article had nothing to do with the RIAA/MPAA. Sometimes they just need to be told to go ***** themselves, though.
  • camilos007, on 04/23/2008, -3/+49Wow, you are so cool. One day, I hope to be as cool as you.
  • longbow486, on 04/23/2008, -2/+41shame on you for sticking up for the MAFIAA
  • meruru, on 04/23/2008, -1/+39Everyone also seems to like smoking pot and pirating music/movies
  • amneosis, on 04/23/2008, -2/+40http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle
  • mangojump, on 04/23/2008, -1/+39limited
  • bbtrev, on 04/23/2008, -3/+40I get calls from my ISP giving me hell for sucking down over 200GB in a month....they LOVE me!
  • mikephimikephi, on 04/23/2008, -2/+36I stand before you as a proud member of that 10%
  • rokinroj, on 04/23/2008, -3/+33It would be interesting to see how much bandwidth goes to online gaming. Between PC games like WOW, and PS2/3, Xbox Live, etc., it must be a decent amount.
  • WolverineBlue, on 04/23/2008, -0/+30If they need to be logical to make money, they may just tolerate it.
  • x2wenty4x, on 04/23/2008, -0/+29Netflix instant watch sucks up about 800 MB per 1 1/2 hr movie, which can add up quickly.
  • wsuvtx, on 04/23/2008, -22/+51I am fairly new to Digg and I am curious. Does anybody here like anything other than Linux and Obama? I like them both as well, but around here there seems to be a very narrow view of the world.
  • justoman, on 04/23/2008, -0/+28Don't sell what you can't handle.
  • roflganker, on 04/23/2008, -2/+30No, you can't have an invite.
  • aznhomig, on 04/23/2008, -2/+30I DRINK your bandwidth, BOOOYYYYY! I drink it up!
  • steviebaby, on 04/23/2008, -1/+28Use your neighbour's wireless just for a laugh
  • luchid, on 04/23/2008, -1/+27Yes.
  • homercles337, on 04/23/2008, -0/+24I can also imagine that a bulk of that http traffic is due to those ***** flash ads that are now videos. Why cant comcast take the fight of defeating net neutrality to these idiots?
  • drakelord, on 04/23/2008, -2/+24Luckily, games like these only take up between 5kB/s to 20kB/s in most situations, so the total impact isn't actually that bad.
  • 11oops, on 04/23/2008, -0/+22Go back to YouTube.
  • Kyrgizion, on 04/23/2008, -1/+22Yeah you'd be pleasantly surprised, online games don't normally hog a whole lot of bandwidth at all. All that's being constantly transmitted to the server are your coordinates which are in fact fairly simple numerical values which won't take up a lot of space.
  • bshock, on 04/23/2008, -0/+20Dealing with Comcast isn't difficult.

    1) Gather the names of major Comcast executives, shareholders, and their family members.
    2) Connect addresses with the names (zabasearch.com or some other service will probably do)
    3) Mail them something that expresses your personal feelings about their unpleasant behavior.

    Just one question: what's the best way to pack a rotting squirrel so that only the recipient will smell it?
  • camilos007, on 04/23/2008, -0/+19That makes sense. But its weird that often you see articles talking about how online gaming is sucking up bandwidth. Must be written by non-technical people who think that the graphics have be sent over the network each time the screen moves.
  • XeXers, on 04/23/2008, -3/+22Because chances are the RIAA pays Comcast to throttle back the p2p bandwidth.
  • Firehed, on 04/23/2008, -0/+18At least they're telling you what the cutoff point is, no matter how random it seems. And 1.3GB during peak hours isn't being too unreasonable, given the fact they're upfront about it.
  • 11oops, on 04/23/2008, -0/+18There's always digg's unconditional love for the RIAA and MPAA. I hear someone from Digg asked the RIAA to prom.
  • CyberSol, on 04/23/2008, -2/+20damn.
    Apple rules,
    Vista sucks,
    fix the comment system,
    mirror?
  • cquilliam, on 04/23/2008, -0/+18Never gonna give uuiU up, never gonna let you down
  • halleyscomet, on 04/23/2008, -2/+19WTF Does Clinton have to do with this?

    Oh, I get it, you're one of those pathetic little wankers who can't discuss ANYTHING without finding a way to say "But, but CLINTON!"

    You really should see a psychiatrist about your Clinton fixation. It's a sad, pathetic thing to see.
  • meruru, on 04/23/2008, -0/+17"We the people" did that, you're using it right now
  • homercles337, on 04/23/2008, -1/+17"We the people" have already built their own internet. The government funded the building of the backbone with your tax dollars and the telecoms get to use it for free. Is that some ***** or is that some *****?
  • mikephimikephi, on 04/23/2008, -1/+17*you're an idiot
  • joshua5, on 04/23/2008, -3/+18ha ha you have herpes
  • Matteos, on 04/23/2008, -1/+16You forgot Apple.
  • jakobrowning, on 04/23/2008, -12/+26What does that have to do with the article? Did I read it wrong, wasn't the issue with bandwidth? It didn't even mention the RIAA/MPAA
  • JasonMath, on 04/23/2008, -1/+15You forgot our hatred of Tom Cruise and Scientology, and our love of Anonymous.
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