Internet traffic

Internet traffic

Internet traffic is the flow of data across the Internet.

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Historical Internet Traffic Growth

Because of the distributed nature of the Internet, there is no single point of measurement for total Internet traffic. Internet traffic data from public peering points can give an indication of Internet volume and growth, but these figures exclude traffic that remains within a single service provider's network as well as traffic that crosses private peering points. Aggregating from multiple sources and applying usage and bitrate assumptions, Cisco, a major network systems company, has published the following historical IP and Internet traffic figures:[1]

Year Global IP Traffic (PB/month) Global Internet Traffic (PB/month)
1990 0.001 0.001
1991 0.002 0.002
1992 0.005 0.004
1993 0.01 0.01
1994 0.02 0.02
1995 0.18 0.17
1996 1.9 1.8
1997 5.4 5.0
1998 12 11
1999 28 26
2000 84 75
2001 197 175
2002 405 356
2003 784 681
2004 1,477 1,267
2005 2,426 2,055
2006 3,992 3,339
2007 6,430 5,219
2008 9,927 7,639
2009 14,414 10,676
2010 20,197 14,984

The following table shows the amount of backbone traffic in the United States:

Year Data (TB/month)
1990 1[2]
1991 2[2]
1992 4[2]
1993 8[2]
1994 16[2]
1995 NA
1996 1,500[2]
1997 2,500–4,000[2]
1998 5,000–8,000[2]
1999 10,000–16,000[2]
2000 20,000–35,000[2]
2001 40,000–70,000[2]
2002 80,000–140,000[2]
2003 NA
2004 NA
2005 NA
2006 450,000–800,000[2]
2007 750,000–1,250,000[2]
2008 1,200,000–1,800,000[2]
2009 1,900,000–2,400,000[2]


References

Further reading

  • Williamson, Carey (2001). "Internet Traffic Measurement". IEEE Internet Computing 5 (6): 70–74. doi:10.1109/4236.968834. 

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