Cable-Tec 2008: N.A. online traffic patterns mutating, says Canadian company report

PHILADELPHIA – With so much more rich media content available on web sites around the world, web browsing and media streaming are gaining on file sharing when it comes to bandwidth consumption on North American ISP networks. A new report done by Waterloo-based network management solutions provider Sandvine says that file-sharing traffic continues to increase in absolute terms while maintaining its relative position as the leading application. However, digital media traffic like web browsing and media streaming has increased noticeably with richer web site content now widespread while video playback and streaming becomes a routine Internet activity for subscribers. At...