On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 02:46:46PM +0000, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:
Has anyone actually noticed any increases in residential broadband traffic due to Halo 2?
This is lost in the noise of P2P traffic, which is the big bandwidth eater by far. I note that the story is essentially based around statements made by Sandvine. They aren't saying that the amount of broadband traffic is going to increase significantly because of online gaming; they're saying that broadband networks need to prioritize and QoS traffic from gamers, as more people game online. And oddly enough, Sandvine offers a box that does this! :-) They're jumping on the press coverage of Halo 2 to try and raise awareness of their product line. Not that what's being said doesn't have merit, but it's definately a PR push, and definately not a "End of the net predicted, film at 11" moment. Bob