Halo 2 heralds traffic explosion

"The growing popularity of online gaming could spell
problems for net service firms, warns network monitoring
company Sandvine."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4079397.stm

Tut-Tut, ISP's should put all these on-line gaming bandwidth
hoggers on a single pipe me thinks.

KB

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:12:25 -0000, "KB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>"The growing popularity of online gaming could spell
>problems for net service firms, warns network monitoring
>company Sandvine."
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4079397.stm

I was under the impression that online games actually required fair
low bandwidth.
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On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:32:23 +0000, Andrew Norman <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I was under the impression that online games actually required fair
>low bandwidth.

Low, but continuous. Unlike email and web which are higher and less
continuous. CBC will probably mean continuous activities such as audio
streams, web cams and online gaming become of more concern than
"bursting" activities. Just a guess, though.

Oliver.

"KB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:41b7521a$0$19164$(E-Mail Removed)...
> "The growing popularity of online gaming could spell
> problems for net service firms, warns network monitoring
> company Sandvine."
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4079397.stm
>
> Tut-Tut, ISP's should put all these on-line gaming bandwidth
> hoggers on a single pipe me thinks.

LOL ;D

Plusnet doesn't need encouraging I'm sure they'll implement it soon with
a 10 day notice.

Dan

"Dave" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:cp7n80$4nj$(E-Mail Removed)...
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> "KB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:41b7521a$0$19164$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > "The growing popularity of online gaming could spell
> > problems for net service firms, warns network monitoring
> > company Sandvine."
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4079397.stm
> >
> > Tut-Tut, ISP's should put all these on-line gaming bandwidth
> > hoggers on a single pipe me thinks.
>
> LOL ;D
>
>
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