Here’s one of the biggest proofs that the Internet is continuing to change.
Netflix is now responsible for a higher percentage of Internet usage than any other source, in North America – almost 30%. With other streaming entertainment sources, plus file sharing, they account for 2/3 of all traffic.
For a comparison, all web browsing only totals 1/6th of all traffic volume. That’s less than half of what it was, percentage-wise, in 2009.
You can safely assume the amount of traffic from web browsing has increased. So total traffic volume has probably tripled in less than two years.
What does this mean?
Traffic limitations on accounts – meaning you are going to pay extra to your monthly Internet Service Provider if you are watching a lot of movies online.
Continued work on Internet infrastructure to handle the volume. That particularly includes higher speed connections to homes.
Anyone out there still on dial-up?
(Here’s the article I got these figures from): Netflix Largest Internet Traffic