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Netflix Dominates North American Internet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the zomg-panic-panic-panic dept.

nairnr writes "Accounting for 29.7% of all information downloaded during peak usage hours by North American broadband-connected households in March, Netflix Inc. received the title in the latest Global Internet Phenomena Report released by Sandvine Corp. on Tuesday. In its ninth such report, Waterloo, Ont.-based Sandvine found the amount of data consumed by users streaming television shows and movies from Netflix's online service exceeded even that of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing technology BitTorrent."

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  1. It only makes sense by whoami-ky · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Gee, they actually made it MORE convenient and people are willing to pay for it. Compare this to what the movie/tv studios do on a regular basis. They make it harder to get the content and people tend to find alternative sources.

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  2. Re:The Real Netflix Fix by The+Good+Reverend · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Studios have put up with streaming because it's generally NOT able to be saved in the embedded and proprietary systems it's used in. Anything that saved locally wouldn't adhere to current copyright agreements, so it's not gonna happen.

  3. Ya I know, what a fucking surprise by Sycraft-fu · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So wait, you give consumers what they want for a reasonable price, and they'll pay for it? Who would have thought! One can hope they'll learn from this, but somehow I suspect not :P.