P2P Not Clogging the Web

From Cynthia Cynopsis - Digital

Here are some interesting facts about broadband consumption attributed to IP network management firm Arbor Networks, courtesy of GigaOM. On fixed and mobile consumer-focused broadband networks:

* 10 percent of subscribers consume 80% of bandwidth
* 0.5% of subscribers consume about 40 percent of total bandwidth
* 80% of subscribers use less than 10 % of bandwidth

This supports ISP's argument that only a few heavy users are taxing the network for everyone. But it turns out peer-to-peer networks aren't the real culprit. According to Arbor:

* Only 20% of traffic is P2P applications
* During peak-load times, 70% of subscribers use http, while 20% use P2P
* Http still makes up the majority of the total traffic, of which 45% is conventional text & images
* Streaming video and audio content from services like YouTube accounts for nearly 50% of the http traffic