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Everyone pretty much agrees that traffic over the ISP's internal networks aren't really an issue Everyone agrees with this? How did we get to that conclusion?

Everyone pretty much agrees that traffic over the ISP's internal networks aren't really an issue Everyone agrees with this? How did we get to that conclusion? Netflix is 1/3 of primetime internet traffic. If they double their average bitrate * average viewing audience in, say, two years, that won't be a problem for ISPs' internal networks? They're that over-provisioned?

dtparr 12y ago
Obviously, you can't say something that broad for all ISPs in all locations. But in a recent dispute Verizon posted a graphic[1] showing that the max average peak utilization in their network was 65% of capacity. So if Netflix is 1/3 of that (say 22% capacity) and it doubles their average bitrate to all customers, it would still not saturate the link. [1] http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/verizon-netflix-chart-640x498.png http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/verizo...