Average Fixed Line Broadband Connection Represents 15 Gbytes a Month of Demand

The average fixed-line broadband connection generates 14.9 GBytes of Internet traffic per month, up from 11.4 GBytes per month in 2009, an increase of 31 percent, Cisco Systems says, in its latest "Visual Networking Index." As you might expect, video consumption is driving the growth.

In North America, nearly 60 percent of the top 100 sites for the last year were video and gaming sites. Video streaming and downloads (including gaming), social networking, and software updates dominate the top 10 sites in North America. Approximately 29 percent of the traffic from the top 100 sites in this region comes from the top 10 sites.

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