Greetings all -- the following news announcement from CacheLogic details their latest analysis of the actual P2P data traffic worldwide across the Net, obtained through direct packet monitoring of Internet backbones and ISPs data streams via Layer 7 packet analysis. For this study, we determined what kinds of audio and video file formats are being actually traded on the major P2P networks, on a weighted basis.
The results certainly surprised me -- key details are:
- Overall Mix of P2P traffic by volume, across the 4 major P2P networks:
Audio: 11.34% Video: 61.44% Other: 27.22%
- Microsoft video formats represent 46% of aggregate worldwide P2P traffic.
- 65% of all audio files by volume of traffic are still traded in the MP3 format, but a surprising 12.3% are in the open-source OGG file format (almost all of which are exclusively traded on the BitTorrent network, particularly in Asia - this last *really* caught me by surprise, as I did not believe OGG had anywhere near this kind of market penetration!)
- BitTorrent is increasingly being used for the distribution of legitimate content.
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JH
First-Ever, Real-Time Traffic Analysis of File Formats Crossing Peer-to-Peer Released by CacheLogic
CacheLogic Technology Installed in Tier-One ISPs Worldwide Monitors Actual Network Traffic, Reveals Surprising Facts in Audio/Video Trends and Format Usage.
Cambridge, England August 9, 2005 CacheLogic, Ltd. a world leader in Peer-to-Peer traffic management and network intelligence solutions =96 today published a market study of file formats traversing the Peer-to-Peer Networks that identifies the formats of choice for audio and video files among file traders. This first-ever, truly definitive study is based not on estimates, but on actual packet data and traffic levels analyzed at Tier-One ISPs (Internet Service Providers) worldwide.
Using the advanced Layer-7 technology found in both its Peer-to-Peer Management Solution and Deep Packet Inspection products, CacheLogic analyzed terabytes of data to discover a number of surprising new facts regarding Peer-to-Peer audio and video trading across the entirety of the Internet.
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