| Game consoles & streaming devices driving video growth From the Sandvine report, here is what devices are driving Netflix usage:
The Sony PS3 leads the parade.
Something else I came across in the Sandvine report was which protocols are eating up the bandwidth. And it breaks it down by upload and download. While BitTorrent is being eclipsed by video streaming like Netflix on downloads, it is still a big deal on the much narrower upload paths.
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| Help me understand Sandvines logic here?
ipad+iphone+ipod(touch) ARE in fact iOS Devices
per the spreadsheet ipad+iphone+ipod(touch)=1.67%
yet iOS Device = .16? Do they mean "OTHER iOS devices?"
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| said by axiomatic:Help me understand Sandvines logic here?
ipad+iphone+ipod(touch) ARE in fact iOS Devices
per the spreadsheet ipad+iphone+ipod(touch)=1.67%
yet iOS Device = .16? Do they mean "OTHER iOS devices?"
Confused.
The report doesn't say. But I suspect that they couldn't tell which iOS device it was in some cases and so they just put it under a generic iOS category.
There are separate specific apps for Netflix for iPhones and iPads, but you can put the iPhone Netflix app on an iPad(but not vice versa). Maybe that caused some of the confusion.
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said by fAcEtIOUs: eating up the bandwidth.
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Isn't that the point of bandwidth to be used? Hopefully to full capacity. |
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Sandvine boxes read the header of a packet and a little bit more to determine exactly what the packet is.
It is likely that Sandvine could not determine what kidn of iOS device it was because Sandvine had never seen it before. They must write a "driver" for each kind of device for their box to be able to automatically determine what it is by the signature of the packet. They certainly aren't going to determine what every device is by hand.
Since this data is recent, it could be iPad2 that is just listed as "iOS device" because the signature of the packet wasn't yet recognized by Sandvine. Or it could be beta testers of iOS devices since the amount is so small. Or it could be jailbroken iOS devices that aren't reporting the correct data for the version of iOS they are running. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
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Not when usage drives the need for CAPEX, or impacts other consumers in a negative manner. |
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said by DataRiker:said by fAcEtIOUs: eating up the bandwidth.
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Isn't that the point of bandwidth to be used? Hopefully to full capacity. No not really. If this were electricity - you may have 200 amp service in your home but you're not going to draw 200 amps continuously, even during prime time. Even if the electricity could be generated the grid cannot support that. |
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Was this in a month? If so, 1.5 Terabytes just for Netflix on PS3? Wow! |
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said by fifty nine:said by DataRiker:said by fAcEtIOUs: eating up the bandwidth.
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Isn't that the point of bandwidth to be used? Hopefully to full capacity. No not really. If this were electricity - you may have 200 amp service in your home but you're not going to draw 200 amps continuously, even during prime time. Even if the electricity could be generated the grid cannot support that. Your comparing a scarce resource to one that is not at all scarce.
Funny, my gigabit router at home doesn't have a meter on it. |
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 heat84Bit Torrent Apologist
join:2004-03-11
Fort Lauderdale, FL | reply to fAcEtIOUs
said by fAcEtIOUs:While BitTorrent is being eclipsed by video streaming like Netflix on downloads, it is still a big deal on the much narrower upload paths. I'm so proud to be a part of that 52%. 
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Bit Torrent is my DVR. |
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said by DataRiker:Funny, my gigabit router at home doesn't have a meter on it.
Shhhh! Be careful with that one or it just might  |
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cubguy
join:2010-07-09
Greenwood Springs, MS Reviews:
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said by DataRiker:said by fAcEtIOUs: eating up the bandwidth.
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Isn't that the point of bandwidth to be used? Hopefully to full capacity. Here is some technicality to prove availability does not constitute "need to use"
When you pick up your phone on a POTS you get a dialtone. Most people take this for granted because its instantaneous, but do not realize that there are only a certain number of them available (channels) at any time. You see the breakdown of this system often during emergencies when large amounts of people attempt to access the telephone network at once. Its better now because of upstream algorithms can allocate additional bandwidth to handle the voice traffic, but think about New York and 9/11. It mostly affected the cellular network and was exacerbated by the loss of a primary cellular tower and the damage to the Verizon switch located across the street from WTC, but many people who just had POTS most likely picked up their phone to find there was no dial tone. They would assume damage to the line, but not always the case.
In a perfect world, companies would over-allocate the number available slots/channels for an area, but just like the airlines, they oversell the slots/seats with the calculation that not everyone will show/use the resources at once. |
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