Study: P2P dominates net traffic, BitTorrent is the leading application
 

Slyck is running an interesting story based on CacheLogic's study from last June. Some conclusions from the study:

- Peer-to-Peer is the single largest bandwidth consumer on ISP's networks
- Peer-to-Peer traffic significantly outweights web traffic
- Peer-to-Peer traffic is continuing to grow
- BitTorrent is now the dominant application in use - its share had grown from 26 % in January 2004 to 53 % in June 2004!

The study dispells the tree popular myths that 1) P2P is in decline, 2) P2P is focused on mp3s, and 3) a few heavy users generate most of the traffic. The study shows that 1) only Kazaa's popularity is declining while the overall p2p activity is increasing; 2) the vast majority of traffic comes from large (100 MB+) files; and 3) the majority of broadband subscribers engage in P2P regularly.

For example, 75 % of European broadband users are using P2P monthly, and the total population logged onto the major P2P networks at any point in time is about 8 million people sharing over 10 petabytes of data. This is nearly 10 % of the number of broadband connections in the world! :AP: :AP:

- tg :WA:

Isp's are the key. They're sitting on the fence. On one hand downloading large files is the only real reason for getting broadband; however if we download too much they threaten to impose monthly limits. They have all the power.
ps TankGirl has some power too...her power over men is legendary. ;)

So does Dawn, you being an example :BL:

I don't know if we should rejoice or feel sad at these 'this p2p leads, that p2p leads' stories. Because when the mainstream media picks these up, the xxAA targets these networks next. And we all know quite well which is the most vulnerable to being shutdown - BiTorrent sites.