Media Streaming Beat P2P

According to the recent statistics, movie streaming of Netflix is reaching its peaks by surpassing other peer-to-peer services, which has largely surprised Hollywood. In other words, this is most likely the 1st time in the history of the Internet as it is when the biggest part of its traffic is paid for. Or, at least that’s what claims the 2011 spring Internet traffic report made by Sandvine, a company offering to the largest Internet service providers such services as network management and development of measurement software.

According to the report, Netflix is currently accounts for over 22% of all broadband traffic of the United States, while BitTorrent’s, for example, only covers 21%. Moreover, at peak times, the streaming service can reach 30% of all Internet traffic, which makes it a huge leap from the figures stated last fall.