Real-time web driving consumer data consumption, says new report

WATERLOO, Ont. – Real-time entertainment traffic on the web has more than doubled in a year according to a new report from Waterloo’s Sandvine, a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for cable, DSL, FTTx, fixed wireless and mobile operatorsEntitled 2009 Global Broadband Phenomena, it’s based on data from more than 20 cable and DSL service provider networks, totaling 24 million subscribers, spanning five regions worldwide including, North America, Europe, Caribbean and Latin America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and Africa.The 2009 report findings include a dramatic increase in consumer behavior towards real-time “experience now” applications and away from...