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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

'Completely unsustainable': How streaming and other data demands take a toll on the environment

By Sandvine January 3, 2020

Tech firms look for solutions as data centres use huge amounts of power to fuel streaming and social media.

Topics: Video, Streaming, Global internet phenomena, Internet

File-Sharing and VPN Traffic Grow Explosively

By Sandvine October 11, 2019

The latest Internet traffic report from Sandvine shows that global file-sharing traffic continues to rise. The same is true for VPN usage, which saw a drastic increase over the past year. According to Sandvine, increased fragmentation among legal video streaming services likely plays an important role in these trends.

Topics: File sharing, Streaming, Piracy, Global internet phenomena, Vpn

More the streaming charges, more the piracy; confirms a new study

By Sandvine October 8, 2019

How many of us have been using our friends or friends of friends’ Netflix account just to watch a movie? Some of us have even got a combined Netflix subscription so that nobody has to pay a lot of dollars at the end of the month. However, this is not a permanent solution to the increasing rates of streaming services.

Topics: Streaming, Piracy, Global internet phenomena