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< In September 2017 Netflix streams were taking up 20% of the world’s downstream bandwidth, according to Sandvine, a network-equipment firm I doubt this is rea
by gourou 8y ago
< In September 2017 Netflix streams were taking up 20% of the world’s downstream bandwidth, according to Sandvine, a network-equipment firm
I doubt this is real, at best it's US only.
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoYou're underestimating how big Netflix is internationally, I think.
- AznHisoka 8y agoNetflix is pretty much exploding in popularity in Brazil and Latin America right now. They are slowly becoming popular in India and Japan as well. So their US growth might be slowing down but definitely not international.
- jazoom 8y agoYes. I find that hard to believe as well. With YouTube, PornHub, Netflix, Facebook/Instagram that probably only leaves 10% of bandwidth for everything else in the world.
- virtuallynathan 8y agoIt’s possible, a few years ago they were 40% of peak North American downstream traffic.
- pavs 8y agoMost Netflix content is delivered through local Netflix Open Connect box through their ISP, not through the internet as a whole. I am not sure how they measure this bandwidth. Peering cost is too high for someone sitting in Asia to enjoy quality streaming from Netflix from NA datacenters. Youtube does the same thing, only they are many many times bigger (in terms of GGC penetration all over the world). This is why most people rarely get buffered youtube even at 4k, unless your ISP is shitty. https://openconnect.netflix.com/en/ https://openconnect.netflix.com/en/