America, We Have a Problem
May 22, 2011
Push aside the woes of publishers. After reading “Video Viewing on Netflix Accounts for Up to 30 Percent of Online Traffic,” I fear for America. I like to read. Recently I have shifted from non fiction to lighter fare, but I fall asleep in movie theaters and I just cannot pay attention to TV shows. Sports and a handful of other shows work like background noise for me. When the roar sounds, I look up and drink in the goal or the “moment”. Then, it is back to the book, iPad, or notebook computer. I am not sure watching videos delivers the type of hands on, kinaesthetic learning that my education offered. Couch potatoes can be bright, maybe Einstein class thinkers. I find this type of statement downright frightening:
People watching videos on Netflix take up more bandwidth on the Internet than users of any other Web site or service in North America, according to a report Tuesday by broadband analytics firm Sandvine. At peak Internet hours, as much as 30 percent of online traffic is generated by Netflix subscribers who are watching movies or TV shows over their laptops, game consoles and smartphones. The report highlights a rapid move by consumers toward the Web for their entertainment and news. Netflix accounted for 20 percent of Internet traffic just six months ago, according to Sandvine.
The new thinkers, yikes.
Stephen E Arnold, May 22, 2011
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Interesting that while Netflix is sucking up 30% of the internet bandwidth, there is still a boom of new content production. Is your concern that as Netflix grows, there will be less bandwidth available for readers like you and I?