Netflix dominates peak downstream traffic in North American, says new Sandvine report

WATERLOO, ON – Over-the-top video provider Netflix has become the largest source of Internet traffic overall in North America, representing 29.7% of peak downstream traffic, according to the latest global Internet traffic report by Sandvine.The Global Internet Phenomena Report: Spring 2011 is based on Internet traffic statistics from March 2011 voluntarily submitted by a representative cross-section of Sandvine’s customer base, which includes more than 220 Internet providers serving hundreds of millions of subscribers in more than 85 countries. Overall insights since the company’s last report in the fall of 2010 reveal a growing appetite for on-demand applications that it says will continue to drive...