File sharing on the decline, streaming on the rise......

[newarkhiphop]

Peer-to-peer disappears. Now less than 10% in North America fixed line

WATERLOO, ON, Nov. 11, 2013 /CNW/ - Sandvine, (TSX:SVC) a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, today released its Internet traffic trends report, entitled "Global Internet Phenomena Report 2H2013 ", based on data from a selection of Sandvine's 250-plus service provider customers spanning North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Caribbean and Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Sandvine's Global Internet Phenomena Report is published twice a year.

"For the first time ever, peer-to-peer filesharing has fallen below 10% of total traffic in North America, which is a stark difference from the 60% share it consumed 11 years ago," said Dave Caputo, CEO, Sandvine. "Since 2009 on-demand entertainment has consumed more bandwidth than "experience later" applications like peer-to-peer filesharing and we had projected it would inevitably dip below 10% of total traffic by 2015. It's happened much faster. This phenomena, combined with the related rise in video applications like Netflix and YouTube, underscores a big reason why Sandvine's business has grown beyond traffic management to new service creation."

Sandvine's Global Internet Phenomena Report 2H2013 includes findings from fixed and mobile networks around the world.

-- Average monthly mobile usage in Asia-Pacific now exceeds 1 gigabyte,
driven by video, which accounts for 50% of peak downstream traffic. This
is more than double the 443 megabyte monthly average in North America.

-- In Europe, Netflix, less than two years since launch, now accounts for
over 20% of downstream traffic on certain fixed networks in the British
Isles. It took almost four years for Netflix to achieve 20% of data
traffic in the United States.

-- Instagram and Dropbox are now top-ranked applications in many regions
across the globe. In mobile networks in Latin America, Instagram, due to
the recent addition of video, is now the 7th top ranked downstream
application, making it a prime candidate for inclusion in tiered data
plans which are popular in the region.

-- Netflix (31.6%) holds its ground as the leading downstream application in
North America and together with YouTube (18.6%) accounts for over 50% of
downstream traffic on fixed networks.

-- P2P Filesharing now accounts for less than 10% of total daily traffic in
North America. Five years ago it accounted for over 31%.

-- Video accounts for less than 6% of traffic in mobile networks in Africa,
but is expected to grow faster than in any other region before it.
Blackberry use in Africa? Blackberry email and BBM messaging accounts for
over 13% of traffic across the continent.
"You have to be in Africa to understand Africa. Sandvine now has customers in 20 countries within Africa and we are pleased to include truly representative data on this high-growth market in this year's report," said Mr. Caputo. "The African market is especially unique, as most users are connecting to the Internet for the first time through mobile devices, and using applications like Skype, Facebook and WhatsApp. In other parts of the world, new users have first connected to the Internet via a fixed line. While video is a small part of mobile bandwidth in the region today, we predict Africa will be the fastest video adopter and operators will respond with creative device-and application-based service tiers."

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20131111-904055.html?dsk=y

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Most people only bootleged because it was the only free option...streaming even if youre paying a monthly service is safer..better..and higher quality for the masses (the perception at least)

 

[Cladyclad]

I don't kno if I am the only one that feels like this. But man I get so deterred when it comes to searching for movies.If I don't find it less than a few mins I give up. So by the time that movie pop into my head again. A lot of time it's on netflix or cable
by then. Watever goin on it is kinda working I don't bootleg nowhere as much as I used to. Hell I'm even cheaper now than I was a few years ago. So me cutting down on downloads is shocking really

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

I pay for newsgroups and probably only use it twice a month. Give out a quality free options, as Ed said, we'll gravitate towards that. I don't care about ads, get your money and I'll use your service.

 

[Big Blue]

No doubt. Netflix/Amazon/Hulu changed the pirating game.

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

No mention of direct downloads though. I have over 2,000 movies, not one of them torrented. I haven't used a torrent in over 10 years.

 

[tr2k]

filesharing use to generate some easy money but now its down to pennies

 

[HipHopStan]

Most people only bootleged because it was the only free option...streaming even if youre paying a monthly service is safer..better..and higher quality for the masses (the perception at least)

I pay for newsgroups and probably only use it twice a month. Give out a quality free options, as Ed said, we'll gravitate towards that. I don't care about ads, get your money and I'll use your service.

No doubt. Netflix/Amazon/Hulu changed the pirating game.

I can't believe it took them this long to figure out a solution to their file sharing problem.

 

[Devilinurear]

No mention of direct downloads though. I have over 2,000 movies, not one of them torrented. I haven't used a torrent in over 10 years.

Yeah all I do now is direct dowload. I find it funny that a lot of people do not know how to do it when it is pretty easy to do.

 

[tr2k]

irc

 

[Rekkapryde]

I pay for newsgroups and probably only use it twice a month. Give out a quality free options, as Ed said, we'll gravitate towards that. I don't care about ads, get your money and I'll use your service.

smartest investment I made was a 1 TB newsgroup purchase instead of paying monthly. Still gots lots of data left. to eat off.

 

[newarkhiphop]

Yeah all I do now is direct dowload. I find it funny that a lot of people do not know how to do it when it is pretty easy to do.

Once you have a few "connects" so to say yea its easy , but find a legit no virus/malware filled source is HARD. I got one gold connect right now a blogspot joint that i eat well off . 1 click links 15-30min tops download times on 750mb-1gig files. All new movies on there on time. But i been about this life since before napster back eating off of FTP servers , the average person not so much so

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Most people only bootleged because it was the only free option...streaming even if youre paying a monthly service is safer..better..and higher quality for the masses (the perception at least)

c/s

Even with music, I dont download like I used to. Give me spotify, and im good. They have a lot, and the stff they dont have, I go ahead and download.

I lost my Tha Eastsidaz movie, so I went on youtube and they had the whole thing Watched it on the big screen and dont have to worry about takin up space on my HD.

Streaming is really where it's at imo.

Side note: I see ppl upload full cfb games on youtube. How are those not taken down with the quickness?

And im talkin HD quality.

 

[Devilinurear]

Once you have a few "connects" so to say yea its easy , but find a legit no virus/malware filled source is HARD. I got one gold connect right now a blogspot joint that i eat well off . 1 click links 15-30min tops download times on 750mb-1gig files. All new movies on there on time. But i been about this life since before napster back eating off of FTP servers , the average person not so much so

Yeah but if they can use torrents then direct dowlaods are not that difficult. Just have to a little searching.