Dave Horvath
29 Nov 2007 18:48
ipoque, a firm which specializes in solutions for internet traffic management released a study showing that in five major regions in the world, P2P traffic generates between 49 and 84 percent of the total Bandwidth usage on the Internet. The study continued to show interesting results such as the P2P rate increases to an astounding 95 percent at night time in each region. BitTorrent protocols still bring in the highest totals and its said that every fifth Internet user shares files on the Internet.
In relation, other forms of Internet traffic showed different results at different times. 95 percent of all Internet telephony is Skype. While VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) only accounts for a mere 1 percent of all Internet traffic, most of it is handled by the Skype application. Additionally, instant messaging programs vary from region to region with 60 percent being shown in the Middle East to Germany's mere 17 percent.
Flash movies embedded in Web sites like YouTube, which produced considerably more traffic. This and other forms of video Streaming generated eight percent of the Internet traffic during the measurement period.
Source:
PR Web