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Netflix’s Internet traffic overtakes Web surfing
NEW YORK – Move more than, Internet surfing. Netflix movies now take up much more of the Web pipes going into North American homes.
A study published Tuesday by Sandvine Inc. shows that Netflix movies and Television exhibits account for virtually 30 percent of site visitors into properties for the duration of peak evening hours, compared with less than 17 % for Internet browsing.
Only about a quarter of houses with broadband subscribe to Netflix, but watching movies and Tv exhibits online will take up a lot of bandwidth compared with Internet surfing, e mail and practically each other World… Continue reading
Bin Laden death sends Internet traffic soaring
Akamai’s monitoring dashboard for Internet visitors to global news websites recorded a surge as President Obama spoke live from the White Home.NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — As news of Osama bin Laden’s death produced its way across the globe Sunday night, Net visitors exploded.
Twitter: At the news event’s peak, Twitter said that users were sending off far more than four,000 tweets per second. That makes the volume of tweets surrounding the event either the second or third-highest in Twitter’s background.
That volume is on par with the four,064… Continue reading
EU to probe Internet providers’ traffic management
BRUSSELS – The European Union mentioned Tuesday it has asked the bloc’s 27 member countries to probe regardless of whether Web providers block or slow down services in a way that harms customers.
The investigation targets both fixed and mobile Internet providers and the outcomes will be published by the finish of the year.
The findings could lead to new guidelines that bar Net providers from blocking voice-calling applications such as Skype or slowing down certain video-streaming services.
“I am completely determined that every person in the EU really should have the chance to appreciate the benefits of an open… Continue reading
Lawsuits to strengthen Net traffic rules possible (Reuters)
BOSTON (Reuters) – Public interest groups are keeping the selection of lawsuits against the Federal Communications Commission on the table to fight for stronger World wide web “neutrality” guidelines, an executive at a public interest law firm said on Saturday.
So-named net neutrality rules adopted by the FCC in December would stop network operators from blocking lawful material but nevertheless let them ration access to their networks.
Public interest groups criticized the rules, intended to preserve the openness of the Net, saying they had been bent too heavily to the will of big market players like AT&T Inc and Comcast… Continue reading
Internet traffic in Libya goes dark amid upheaval
NEW YORK – Net services in Libya, already spotty all through the country’s violent upheaval, appeared completely halted in an attempt to stifle details about the insurrection.
The move, coming ahead of planned protests in Libya, seems equivalent to Egypt’s response to the demonstrations that led President Hosni Mubarak to step down last month. The Libyan government controls the country’s primary Web service provider.
Arbor Networks, a Chelmsford, Mass., network security firm said Friday that all Web traffic coming in and out of Libya had ceased, beginning at about noon EST Thursday (7 p.m. in Tripoli, Libya). Google’s transparency report,… Continue reading
Libyan Internet service cut again: monitors
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Net service has been completely severed in violence-torn Libya for the second time in two weeks, US on-line targeted traffic monitoring firms said Friday.
Arbor Networks said all World wide web targeted traffic in and out of Libya “abruptly ceased” amongst 1630 GMT and 1700 GMT on Thursday.
“This outage follows numerous weeks of periodic Internet outages and lowered site visitors volumes most likely associated to the ongoing social and political events in the country,” it said.
Fierce clashes had been reported in Libya on Friday between rebels and forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi.
One… Continue reading
Bahrain censors Internet as protests escalate
Net traffic in Bahrain, the Persian Gulf kingdom wracked by a third day of protests, has declined by about 20%, most likely as a outcome of far more aggressive government filtering, a net security business mentioned today.
Protesters in Manama, the country’s capital, had been fired on by police. The New York Instances has reported that at least five died in the attacks. The Bahrain military has since moved into the city.
Targeted traffic down significantly
According to Arbor Networks, a supplier of anti-DoS (denial-of-service) technology, the quantity of data going into and out of Bahrain is down roughly 20%… Continue reading
