Voice sessions created using the Internet now represent the second-fastest-growing source of bandwidth demand.
That isn't to say those apps consume much bandwidth, but rather than use of the application is growing fast.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Video Streaming Now Drives Global Bandwidth Demand
Voice sessions created using the Internet now represent the second-fastest-growing source of bandwidth demand.
That isn't to say those apps consume much bandwidth, but rather than use of the application is growing fast.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Video Now Single-Largest Bandwidth Driver, Says Allot Communications
Web browsing consumes about 29 percent of bandwidth while file downloads represent about 16 percent of demand.
Peer-to-peer apps, which include video and file downloads, represents about 15 percent of mobile bandwidth demand.
VoIP and instant messaging account for about three percent of bandwidth demand.
None of those metrics represent revenue contributions, though.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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