Netflix Now The Largest Single Source of Internet Traffic In NorthAmerica

Netflix video streaming is now the single largest source of peak downstream Interent traffic i the U.S., according to a new report by Sandvine. The streaming video service now accounts for 29.7 percent of peak downstream traffic, up from 21 percent last fall.

That puts Netflix above HTTP websites (18 percent), BitTorrent (11 percent), and YouTube (10 percent) as a source of downstream traffic during peak times in North America. (BitTorrent sti

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http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/17/netflix-largest-internet-traffic/