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Everyone knows that Netflix accounts for roughly 35% of all download traffic in North America but did you know that its upstream traffic is close to ten percent as well? 
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Global Internet Phenomena Report: Netflix 9.5% Of All Upstream Traffic
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Hmm.
Didn't mention that in the summary, and I didn't want to register to download the full report.
I wonder what accounts for the upstream traffic.
I know Netflix was rumored to start experimenting with peer-to-peer distribution (probably in response to the mess with Comcast and Verizon), but I didn't think that had taken off yet.
Didn't mention that in the summary, and I didn't want to register to download the full report.
I wonder what accounts for the upstream traffic.
I know Netflix was rumored to start experimenting with peer-to-peer distribution (probably in response to the mess with Comcast and Verizon), but I didn't think that had taken off yet.
I've never understood this actually. It's not specific to netflix - Amazon prime also requires good upload to work. Maybe not 10% of all uploads, but why the need for upload at all when downloading a movie (other than typical communication protocol uploads).
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I've never understood this actually. It's not specific to netflix - Amazon prime also requires good upload to work. Maybe not 10% of all uploads, but why the need for upload at all when downloading a movie (other than typical communication protocol uploads).
It sounds excessive, but could all that be flow control packets, both as part of the TCP protocol, as well as service specific information (like requests for different bitrate streams as part of monitoring dynamic bitrate performance?
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It's mostly ACKs
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The percentages aren't as important as making sure you don't cross the streams. In some paranormal documentary called Ghostbusters, I learned that's a bad idea unless you're trying to feel like the floor of a New York taxi cab.
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Happy Gilmore is overrated.
They don't have a distribution data center it all sits on amazon aws