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World Internet Traffic To Top 966 Exabytes In 2015

Posted by Roblimo on from the all-those-Netflix-streams-add-up dept.

Mark.JUK writes "Networking giant Cisco has released its latest annual Visual Networking Index (VNI) today, which forecasts that world internet traffic will quadruple by 2015 to reach 965.5 ExaBytes per year (up from 242.4 ExaBytes in 2010); when 40% of the world's population will be online (i.e. 3bn Internet users). Internet video will account for 61% of all consumer traffic in the same year, while P2P (File Sharing) will decline significantly to just 16%."

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  1. It's hard to predict, especially the future by jandrese · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wonder if 4 years ago Cicso was saying that streaming video was going to account for the majority of internet traffic in 2011? Trying to extrapolate future data use based on current trends is a risky business, and historically people have gotten it wrong a lot. 4 years is a very long time in internet time, who knows what new technology will come along in the meantime and soak up all of the bandwidth?

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  2. Re:966 EB by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now if only Slashdot admin would get a clue about JavaScript we could get rid of the irritating "Working..." graphic permanently stuck at the bottom of each page.

    Oh yeah and when you click on a post in a message they could fix their CSS so every single click (even to cut and paste) doesn't redirect you to the top of the page.

    Do they never preview and test anything before putting it on the production servers? Sloppy and unprofessional.

    Also, it would be nice if the score of a post would be shown also if several parent posts are collapsed. And if clicking somewhere in a post with collapsed ancestors would do whatever the action is for that place (follow a link, place focus into input box, etc) instead of uncollapsing one of the ancestors.

    Or basically, make Slashdot again a site that works.

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  3. Break down by benwiggy · · Score: 4, Funny

    50% Porn
    23% Lol Cats
    10% Facebook
    5% Teen sensation
    2% Conspiracy theories, petitions, "Do this to stop Facebook checking up on you", etc.
    0.5% Email
    0.4% Business
    0.1% Literature, Science, Art, other stuff that is beneficial to mankind

  4. Re:Meanwhile in Canada... by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Informative

    in 2015, our monthly cap would have increased from 50GB/month to maybe 100GB/month, with $7 per additionnal GB, all of this for only $99/month!

    Actually, by 2015 I see our monthly cap getting smaller as they continue to not invest in upgrading their networks.

    The last decade has more or less been comprised of Bell and Rogers charging us more for less, and telling us it's an improvement.

    If I tried to buy the same cell-phone plan I have now from the same company, it would cost $10/month more -- for less minutes, and the "evenings and weekends" starting after 9pm instead of 6pm.

    From what I can tell, the major telcos are using their 10 year old infrastructure, charging is more for it, and telling us that it's new and improved.

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