Interesting info from one of the world's largest Internet backbone providers...

[htismaqe]

Current transport traffic level is roughly 2 petabytes PER DAY. 2 petabytes = 2,000,000 kilobytes = roughly 16M kilobits (the average home DSL connection is 256 kilobits)

The current traffic level is growing at a rate of approximately 5% every MONTH.

Roughly HALF of that 2 petabytes of traffic is peer-to-peer networking like Kazaa, BitTorrent, etc.

In May, they logged 1.3 BILLION minutes of VoIP, commercial and residential, and that doesn't include calls that didn't originate or terminate on the provider network (do-it-yourself, Vonage, etc.).

[DaFace]

Wow...that's a lot of porn floating around the world.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

:drool:

[Donger]

2 petabytes

A petabyte? Cool, that's a new word for me.

Although it sounds horribly like what a dirty uncle would do.

[htismaqe]

Here's another little factoid, just to put it all in perspective:

If you took all of the books in print today and combined them together, they would equal roughly ONE PETABYTE.

[Dartgod]

Link?


Seriously, I'd like to see this.

[htismaqe]

I don't have a link.

I have insider information.

[FAX]

Mr. htismaqe is providing some excellent information here. Thank you, Mr. htismaqe.

I would just like to add that, according to the Chiefs' official web site, 400 petabytes equals Larry Johnson's sperm count.

FAX

[SLAG]

Mr. htismaqe is providing some excellent information here. Thank you, Mr. htismaqe.

I would just like to add that, according to the Chiefs' official web site, 400 petabytes equals Rich Scanlon's sperm count.

FAX


I fixed it for you

;)

[Hammock Parties]

If you took all of the books in print today and combined them together, they would equal roughly ONE PETABYTE.

What if we reduced the font size?

[htismaqe]

What if we reduced the font size?

ROFL

Dumbass.

Characters not pixels.

[htismaqe]

I'm gonna hijack my own thread here, I've never had one of my threads get moved to DC.

Looking at those stats, I think it's obvious who will be targetted if regulations protecting net neutrality are not put into place.

[FAX]

The peta biters?

FAX

[keg in kc]

Parker's a petaphile.

[FAX]

He sounds like a peta piper.

FAX

[StcChief]

ROFL

Dumbass.

Characters not pixels.

this doesn't include un compressed white space too....
:banghead:

[htismaqe]

He sounds like a peta piper.

FAX

I'm more of a giga-lo.

[htismaqe]

this doesn't include un compressed white space too....
:banghead:

ROFL

[Hammock Parties]

this doesn't include un compressed white space too....
:banghead:

No shit! Not to mention the binding.

We should be using paperbacks to conserve bandwidth.

[FAX]

I'm more of a giga-lo.

That sounds like a good job, too, Mr. htismaqe.

I like the idea of making money with your peta.

FAX

[ExtremeChief]

The peta biters?

FAX

F*ck those crazy, overzealous, animal humping bastards.

[FAX]

F*ck those crazy, overzealous, animal humping bastards.

My sentiments exactly, Mr. ExtremeChief.

But, I don't think we have to worry. Their popularity has kind of peta-ed out.

FAX

[ExtremeChief]

My sentiments exactly, Mr. ExtremeChief.

But, I don't think we have to worry. Their popularity has kind of peta-ed out.

FAX

just like the popularity of gyros

[Adept Havelock]

just like the popularity of gyros

"We don't need another gyro"....

Spin the wheel, raggedy lamb!

[banyon]

I'm gonna hijack my own thread here, I've never had one of my threads get moved to DC.

Looking at those stats, I think it's obvious who will be targetted if regulations protecting net neutrality are not put into place.

That's clearly who should be targeted.

Whether or not that's who will be targeted I think isn't as clear.

I still think, that left to a completely free market, whoever has the most $$$ will determine the content.

(Just doin' my best to get this moved to DC for ya. ;))

[Adept Havelock]

(Just doin' my best to get this moved to DC for ya. ;))

Bushs internets is the debbil. Mebbe worse than the debbil. Debbil I say!!!

;)

[the Talking Can]

you'll pry my petabyte of porn from my cold dead arthritic hands....

[listopencil]

I wanted to post a reply but George Bush won't let me.

[htismaqe]

That's clearly who should be targeted.

Whether or not that's who will be targeted I think isn't as clear.

I still think, that left to a completely free market, whoever has the most $$$ will determine the content.

(Just doin' my best to get this moved to DC for ya. ;))

I'm not sure who you THOUGHT I was talking about, but look at the peer-to-peer traffic levels again...

[banyon]

I'm not sure who you THOUGHT I was talking about, but look at the peer-to-peer traffic levels again...

aren't you saying that the BitTorrent type sites are the ones who should be targeted?

[htismaqe]

aren't you saying that the BitTorrent type sites are the ones who should be targeted?

I'm not saying that they SHOULD be...

I'm saying I think they WILL be.