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YouTube accounts for 35% of worldwide mobile internet traffic, Sandvine says

Video has long been pegged as the biggest driver of global internet traffic, but in terms of mobile, one video service has risen high above the rest.

By Cam Cullen, VP of Global Marketing

February 28, 2019

The explosion of Netflix-wannabe streaming services will increase piracy − but what happens next?

By Sandvine October 1, 2019

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, Apple TV Plus, Now TV, YouTube TV, Mubi, Shudder, BFI Player, Crunchyroll, Hulu, BritBox, Peacock… the list keeps getting longer. Everyone who’s anyone wants a slice of the streaming pie, and together, they’re ruining it for consumers. Multiple recent reports have now concluded that there are too many different...

Topics: Global internet phenomena, Internet, Data

The Planet Needs a New Internet

By Sandvine September 19, 2019

When climate change comes for our coffee and our wine, we’ll moan about it on Twitter, read about it on our favorite websites, and watch diverting videos on YouTube to fill the icy hole in our hearts. We’ll do all this until the websites go dark and the networks go down because eventually, climate change will come for our internet, too. That is, unless...

Topics: Global internet phenomena, Internet, Data