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Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks.
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Amount of traffic
The following table shows the amount of backbone traffic in the United States:
| Year | Data (GB/s) |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 2–3 |
| 2000 | 7–13 |
| 2002 | 30–50 |
worldwide estimates:
| Year | Data (TB/s) |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.006 |
| 1996 | 0.1 |
| 1997 | 0.2 |
| 1998 | 0.6 |
| 1999 | 1.6 |
| 2000 | 4.5 |
| 2001 | 11.3 |
| 2002 | 27.6 |
As of June 2008, Cisco Systems estimates the internet traffic at about 7 Exabyte per month (≈160 TB per second). They also expected traffic to exceed 44 Exabyte per month (≈1.1 PB per second) by 2012.[1]
References
- ^ White, Bobby (2008-06-16). "Cisco Projects Growth To Swell for Online Video", The Wall Street Journal.
- Adams, Cecil (7 October 2005) "How much of all Internet traffic is pornography?" at The Straight Dope. Accessed 11 October 2005.
- Long-Term Traffic Statistics
- The Size and Growth Rate of the Internet
Further reading
- Williamson, Carey (2001). "Internet Traffic Measurement". IEEE Internet Computing 5 (6): 70–74. doi:.
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