Netflix accounts for one-third of the bandwidth in North America2012-11-08 09:34 by DanielaTags: Netflix, bandwidth
Netflix Inc., the world's largest video-subscription service, increased its dominance of the online viewing market in a study, called "Global Internet Phenomena Report" and conducted by Sandvine Inc. Netflix accounts for 33 percent of all streaming traffic between the hours of 9 p.m. and 12 a.m. time frame in North America.
Meanwhile, YouTube represented more than one-fifth of all the downstream traffic on mobile networks in Europe. Despite all the streaming video in North America and Europe, both were outstripped by Internet usage in Asia. According to the study, people there consumed 659 MB of data per month, up 10 percent over the same period last year. The firm expects that, even with high-speed LTE networks launching and expanding across the world, wireless networks will still face congestion problems as mobile device use increases — particularly on tablets.
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