Comments on: STUDY: P2P Traffic Down to 15-20% in North America

By: DrewWilson

DrewWilson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:35:30 +0000

The traffic that flows through my connection has dropped because a good chunk of it is private BT sites. I cap my ED2K traffic as well, so the average traffic has gone down for me. You have to think about how much p2p traffic is going through rather than, ‘yeah, I got a torrent today, so these stats are wrong!!!eleventyoneone’

Plus, as already mentioned, direct downloading has become increasingly popular these days anyway (Rapidshare anyone?) so it makes sense that p2p traffic in North America has been dropping recently. I actually don’t buy the argument that it’s because of network management actually. The drop reflects people using alternative means to getting content more than likely.

By: MachiavelliPWNS

MachiavelliPWNS — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:34:17 +0000

Well, its not exactly suprising that the percentage of the network used by torrents goes down when internet use is the highest-the work day. High volume torrenting is usually done 24/7, while being slowest during the heavily congested daylight hours.

By: Zoness

Zoness — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:10:12 +0000

Yeah uh I am using P2P (ed2k/torrents) at double the rate now that I was using them last year lol legal services will never be as good they cannot serve niche audiences like myself.

By: Grobe

Grobe — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:47:07 +0000

Love all these authoritative comments which are absolutely devoid of facts. The only thing I know for sure is that I’m using torrents just as much as I was last year – perhaps even more now, and I don’t envisage myself reducing that usage at all in the next year.

By: Cujo

Cujo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:03:58 +0000

same same ,, itshidden vpn

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By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:49:34 +0000

I dont think you know what you are talking about here. these comments make no sense. the p2p scene is not dead and almost everyone still uses the torrents

By: mRuss

mRuss — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:22:25 +0000

Illegitimate P2P traffic only exists because people can’t get the content they want at a price they want. Some consumers have unreasonable expectations, and some content providers also have unreasonable expectations.

After years of consumers bucking the system two things have happened:
1) consumers have realized that if you don’t pay for your content then those who were making it will stop making it.
2) Businesses have realized that unless you provide what people want at a price they think is fair then you will be ignored.

By: Mels_Smileys45

Mels_Smileys45 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:35:37 +0000

P2P is not the tool it once was. Many company’s are providing legit downloads and lots of people would rather download legal content. Company’s have wised up and have met many of the demands of todays consumers. P2P is almost dead in many circles. Its boring, its a hassle and it can be dangerous for many reasons. This all adds up to less traffic for P2P.

By: Mr. Briggs

Mr. Briggs — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:27:47 +0000

The thing we need to be careful about is that the record companies will point to this and say that their anti-piracy campaigns are actually working. Are they? I don't know.