If the Internet is the equivalent of our solar system, then Netflix would be Jupiter, its largest planet. That, at least, is the imagery that Sandvine evokes in its latest report, “Global Internet Phenomena Spotlight.” Netflix has ascended to the No. 1 Internet traffic spot, the firm found, accounting for 29.70 percent of all peak-period downstream traffic. That No. 1 statistic, by the way, is a blanket designation: The site is tops when measured over 24 hours and when measuring for both upstream and downstream traffic.
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Heavily Traveled Roads to Netflix Could Face Traffic Jams
Posted by: Erika Morphy May 19, 2011 09:27 AMIf the Internet is the equivalent of our solar system, then Netflix would be Jupiter, its largest planet. That, at least, is the imagery that Sandvine evokes in its latest report, “Global Internet Phenomena Spotlight.” Netflix has ascended to the No. 1 Internet traffic spot, the firm found, accounting for 29.70 percent of all peak-period downstream traffic. That No. 1 statistic, by the way, is a blanket designation: The site is tops when measured over 24 hours and when measuring for both upstream and downstream traffic.