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[lenovox1]

Due to the demands video places on bandwidth, the growth of broadband, and the growth of the services

If you combine everything that you do on every website besides Netflix and YouTube — reading this article, or looking at GIFs, or checking your email — all of that combined generates about the same amount of peak web traffic as those two sites alone. Netflix itself is bigger in every metric than HBO.

According to (estimated) data compiled by Sandvine, a manufacturer of broadband technology, the video-streaming sites comprise 32.3 and 17.1 percent of all peak-period download traffic in North America, as reported by Variety. Combined, that's 49.4 percent. And at the rate that each is growing — 35 percent year-over-year for Netflix and about 24 percent for YouTube — it's a safe bet that the two will soon account for more than half of all the bandwidth we use.

[...]Netflix has about 1 million more subscribers than HBO. But it almost certainly is also watched more, as it doubles down on binge-watching while HBO steps back from a streaming future beyond its cable subscribers.

The full article with detail of how Netflix stacks up against JOB is over at The Atlantic Wire. (via Variety)

Now, I thought that this was an extremely interesting observation given the recent decisions made over at Disney to take the HBO approach.

 

[jwk94]

Damn, that's a lot.

 

[IHaveCandy]

And the other half is porn.

 

[gamma]

And the other half is porn.

Has to be.

 

[-tetsuo-]

Sounds about right.

 

[Escape Goat]

Google halp us plz

 

[UnluckyKate]

and yet some dickhead ISP bottleneck Youtube to their users and have bandwidth cap

 

[Escape Goat]

YouTube is down right now. I guess that frees up some bandwidth.

 

[Drazgul]

and yet some dickhead ISP bottleneck Youtube to their users and have bandwidth cap

They only do that because they can get away with it (as I understand it, in many US areas a single company has a de facto monopoly for broadband internets). If the customer has nowhere else to go, who gives a shit how happy he is with the service?

 

[OrlanisWorks]

Of course Netflix has more subscribers than HBO. I'm just surprised it's only more than a million. HBO costs a bunch whilst Netflix streaming only costs $8, right?

 

[PAULINK]

So I just read today that Time Warner Cable throttles these sites. Now I realize why my service was hit or miss.

 

[Escape Goat]

Of course Netflix has more subscribers than HBO. I'm just surprised it's only more than a million. HBO costs a bunch whilst Netflix streaming only costs $8, right?

Plus $130 for the Netflix player.

 

[lednerg]

The other two thirds is porn.

 

[MIMIC]

Is that why certain YouTube vids won't load?

 

[The Faceless Master]

Plus $130 for the Netflix player.

its like 40 bucks in walmart for that rca streambox that has netflix

 

[samus i am]

I tried to watch a youtube video today and it was slower than molasses. I then switched to Netflix and the video loaded fine.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

I get almost all my entertainment from either of those two sites, so that sounds about right

 

[Escape Goat]

its like 40 bucks in walmart for that rca streambox that has netflix

Gaming forum would have gotten it.

*sigh*

 

[UnluckyKate]

They only do that because they can get away with it (as I understand it, in many US areas a single company has a de facto monopoly for broadband internets). If the customer has nowhere else to go, who gives a shit how happy he is with the service?

in france one ISP is bottlenecking youtube has they don't have enough negociation lever to pay google to overcome the bandwith loss.

Google say : pay like all the others
ISP say : no to google's tyranny

meanwhile, the consummer is loosing.

 

[Majine]

And the other half is porn.

Is it? I know we like to think that it is huge, but I dunno. I don't think there is a dominant porn player on the web like Youtube is for video.

 

[Escape Goat]

Is it? I know we like to think that it is huge, but I dunno. I don't think there is a dominant porn player on the web like Youtube is for video.

porn and pirating movies.

 

[IHaveCandy]

Is it? I know we like to think that it is huge, but I dunno. I don't think there is a dominant porn player on the web like Youtube is for video.

Well it has to be true if most people are like me. But then again, I'm the guy that has to remind myself not to accidentally type youjizz.com instead of youtube.com when on a public computer.

 

[lexi]

I don't understand why Netflix streaming is so cheap. They could double their price and I'd still think I was getting a bargain.

Then again, I come from the land of price gouging. Maybe I'm too used to exorbitant prices.

 

[Escape Goat]

I don't understand why Netflix streaming is so cheap. They could double their price and I'd still think I was getting a bargain. Then again, I come from the land of price gouging.

I guess so people see it as a small expense and keep it even though they may not use it. If it were more they'd be more likely to consume the content they wanted and then unsubscribe.

 

[Mindwipe]

It's weird how people on Reddit etc keep repeating that companies who licence video content and DRM streams are "dinosaurs" with a "dying business model".

I'd certainly want the graphs on my "dying business model" to look like that.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

I don't understand why Netflix streaming is so cheap. They could double their price and I'd still think I was getting a bargain.

Then again, I come from the land of price gouging. Maybe I'm too used to exorbitant prices.

last time they tried to up the prices it hurt their business. But yeah, I agree. Its a good deal imo

 

[IHaveCandy]

Do you guys remember when youtube was some small site and you were the only guy/girl in your group of friends that knew all of the funny internet videos out there?

 

[Mobius 1]

And the other half is porn.

What about cat pictures?

 

[jadedm17]

And the other half is porn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUifLbLVXFo ?

OT : Yea, wow, thats a lot. Speaking of not using cable (ABC thread) and watching too much Netflix and Hulu Plus, you can count me in as I just finished rewatching season five of Parks and Rec on Hulu Plus today.

 

[Freshmaker]

its like 40 bucks in walmart for that rca streambox that has netflix

Amazon reviews complain that the things heat up to an astounding degree.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Now you know why free porn is rarely HD.

 

[Timedog]

Thank god for Netflix aka the only thing holding Comcast back from capping me at 250gb per month. And I pay fucking 80 dollars per month for their bullshit.

 

[Log4Girlz]

So, what was the first youtube video you guys ever watched?

 

[MrHicks]

HOW does google store all these videos??????

there must be TERABYTES of data being uploaded every sec?
how much data is youtube in total at this point?

how do they keep up with this shit?
do they add server farms daily or what lol

 

[ZoddGutts]

So, what was the first youtube video you guys ever watched?

Bum Fights.

 

[RSLAEV]

Gaming forum would have gotten it.

*sigh*

 

[Naked Snake]

Porn takes more bandwidth than Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JieaBpot-nM

 

[MrHicks]

Porn takes more bandwidth than Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JieaBpot-nM

always will
youjizz & xhamster 4 life

 

[Naked Snake]

always will
youjizz & xhamster 4 life

I think they mentioned youporn as being the biggest in the video. There are so many of them!

 

[BocoDragon]

So, what was the first youtube video you guys ever watched?

Full episodes of South Park. YouTube was so shady in its early days.