Videos Could Be 84% Of Internet Traffic By 2018

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I think we all know what needs to be done here...ban internet videos.

The report, which says video is expected to grow to 84 percent of Internet traffic in the United States by 2018 from 78 percent currently, raises questions about whether Internet service providers should prioritize traffic, which has become a controversial issue.
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If anything, prioritize videos, but they want the opposite because they want to sell you THEIR video streams.

That's the problem with internet service providers ALSO being your cable company; an obvious conflict of interest as each netflix/prime/hulu subscriber is a potential lost cable customer.
 
They need to utilize that crazy Pied Piper 4X video compression to get the file sizes down!

Oh wait, forgot for a second this is real life and not a TV show.
 
Burticus said:
They need to utilize that crazy Pied Piper 4X video compression to get the file sizes down!

Oh wait, forgot for a second this is real life and not a TV show.
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Twist - you streamed Silicon Valley while watching it. :D

Video uses a lot of data, so I can see how that's the biggest thing so far. HTML is usually very small in comparison. Downloads aren't as common. But, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, etc. are easy and many, many people use it. It's a killer app for the internet. Instant video on demand? Sign me up. I wish there wasn't a conflict of interest with many ISP's that are in the video content.... :/
 
Time to pass legislation grandfathering TV only as a monopoly and allow municipalities to open bid wiring for ISP service, if they so choose with no monopoly deals allowed. TV companies can offer open access to their wires to a third party to participate in the bid.
 
So how much of that video is pointless crap like "Here's me unboxing what I just got, not going to actually show you how it works, I'm just taking it out of the box" or "Here's how I feel today" or "Look at my cat it's so damn cute, OMG it just sneezed!"
 
Well, lets see... I can pay $80 a month for cable, with commercials every 15 minutes, and stuck watching what they feel like showing

Or I can buy Netflix ($8), Hulu Plus($8), Amazon Prime ($8), funimation premium ($8) Crackle (free) and watch what I want, when I want at half the price... even less if I rotate which I pay for each month to rotate what i'm watching.

No wonder streaming video is such a huge chunk, and will grow
 
sfsuphysics said:
So how much of that video is pointless crap like "Here's me unboxing what I just got, not going to actually show you how it works, I'm just taking it out of the box" or "Here's how I feel today" or "Look at my cat it's so damn cute, OMG it just sneezed!"
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I never understood the unboxing videos. Gee, thanks for showing me how to open a cardboard tab, I never could have figured that out for myself. Oh, great it comes with a power adapter too, thank god what's printed on the label as an included item is actually in there and you also showed me precisely where it is! :rolleyes:
 
sfsuphysics said:
So how much of that video is pointless crap like "Here's me unboxing what I just got, not going to actually show you how it works, I'm just taking it out of the box" or "Here's how I feel today" or "Look at my cat it's so damn cute, OMG it just sneezed!"
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I don't care about boxes or how people feel, but you take that part about the cats back! Cat videos are totally like the only reason why I even pay for broadband.
 
LordCalin said:
Well, lets see... I can pay $80 a month for cable, with commercials every 15 minutes, and stuck watching what they feel like showing

Or I can buy Netflix ($8), Hulu Plus($8), Amazon Prime ($8), funimation premium ($8) Crackle (free) and watch what I want, when I want at half the price... even less if I rotate which I pay for each month to rotate what i'm watching.

No wonder streaming video is such a huge chunk, and will grow
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You forgot about the part were you pay $70/mo just for the internet access (unless you are lucky enough to have fiber). In many cases, cutting the cord actually RAISES your monthly cable bill.
 
sir-gold said:
You forgot about the part were you pay $70/mo just for the internet access (unless you are lucky enough to have fiber). In many cases, cutting the cord actually RAISES your monthly cable bill.
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Depends. Are you going have have internet already (in addition to TV service)? If so, you're still cutting costs. Internet + TV = xxx. Internet + streaming = xx.

Now, if you're using a slow ass connection and require a speed increase to get decent streaming speeds, sure. But, most of us already have a good enough speed to do that.
 
It would be interesting to note the types of videos being watched.

Eighty-four percent of internet traffic in the USA by 2018, from the present 78%, will be videos.

What does it mean?

How much time is being spent watching the videos? Are they films or short clips?

In the early days, when televisions were just coming out, folks would go outside and talk with people in their neighborhood. They would make things with their hands, study, or improve themselves.

This increased viewing of videos suggests people are more inclined to live anti-social life styles, not wanting to see people face-to-face; a lazy society.

The type of society we are looking like: "Let someone else take care of it, I'm busy watching [insert name of video here]".
 
If anything its because of porn! Ha 84% of traffic by 2018.. guess they forgot alot of other factors.. seems like all they did was round up with how many times people use google, go on twitter/facebook & sit on youtube.. or redtube;)
 
There is plenty of dark fiber out there.
All they have to do is turn it on and turn it up.
It will cost money.
 
Ur_Mom said:
Depends. Are you going have have internet already (in addition to TV service)? If so, you're still cutting costs. Internet + TV = xxx. Internet + streaming = xx.

Now, if you're using a slow ass connection and require a speed increase to get decent streaming speeds, sure. But, most of us already have a good enough speed to do that.
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On more than one occasion I have had to subscribe to basic cable (even though I don't own a TV), solely because TV+internet was $10 CHEAPER than internet alone. Both Charter and Comcast have done this to me.
 
erexx said:
There is plenty of dark fiber out there.
All they have to do is turn it on and turn it up.
It will cost money.
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In many cases that fiber was put there by the city, but they can't legally allow the public to access it (because it would compete with private business).

New York City, for example, has an extensive city-owned fiber network, but only government agencies and registered non-profits are allowed to use it.
 
sir-gold said:
In many cases that fiber was put there by the city, but they can't legally allow the public to access it (because it would compete with private business).

New York City, for example, has an extensive city-owned fiber network, but only government agencies and registered non-profits are allowed to use it.
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Not entirely true, the governments can lease use out to private companies. However you are correct in saying that in most places the city can not directly compete with distribution.
 
m heisty said:
Not entirely true, the governments can lease use out to private companies. However you are correct in saying that in most places the city can not directly compete with distribution.
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In the specific case of NYC, it's contractual. The City agreed to not compete with the local ISP (Time Warner I think) and in exchange, the ISP "promised" to raise cable broadband speeds.
Unfortunately, the contract didn't actually require the ISP to do anything, so NYC gave away their ability to sell to the public purely on the basis of a "promise" (which the ISP never kept of course)
 
drescherjm said:
Video Spam
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Video spam is what the ISP's want you to consume in large quantities, while paying them out the butt for the pleasure.

In 1952, 13% of broadcast time was used for commercials, which is already quite high IMO. Today in 2014, that number is not just double but nearly TRIPLE at 33%.
 
sir-gold said:
In the specific case of NYC, it's contractual. The City agreed to not compete with the local ISP (Time Warner I think) and in exchange, the ISP "promised" to raise cable broadband speeds.
Unfortunately, the contract didn't actually require the ISP to do anything, so NYC gave away their ability to sell to the public purely on the basis of a "promise" (which the ISP never kept of course)
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The city could break the agreement by simply going to a judge and saying that the spirit of the agreement has been violated by TWC. Since there were not specific benchmarks to be met, a spirit of the agreement would have to be used. However it is likely that the judge would agree with the city in this case because of the public anger over the proposed TWC/Comcast merger.
 
I have a question, are those pictures related to “deep web” being 96% of the internet some type of troll thing? all I see is inactive text and image boards mostly about porn (child porn) and drugs that you can easily be found and accessed with tor browser
(if you don’t know what I’m talking about search “deep web” in google images)
 
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