On-demand services like Netflix are supposedly reducing BitTorrent downloads.
Netflix Accounts for 33% of Peak Period Internet Traffic in US : Read more
Netflix Accounts for 33% of Peak Period Internet Traffic in US : Read more
Netflix Accounts for 33% of Peak Period Internet Traffic in US
The term "data hog" implies using more than your fair share (as in, "stop hogging the blanket!"). That's not what's going on here. Netflix pays for its internet connection. North Americans pay for their Internet connections. If they want to use 33% of it streaming Netflix movies, that is their right - they paid for it.Netflix is reportedly one of the biggest data hogs, accounting for 33-percent of peak period downstream traffic on North American fixed networks.