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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.
External links
- "The Size and Growth Rate of the Internet" at First Monday
- Network Overview /// Internet Traffic Report
- Network Overview /// Internet Pulse
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