Netflix and YouTube are America's biggest bandwidth hogs (NFLX, GOOG)

On Monday, broadband services companySandvine released data showing how video streaming utterly dominates the internet. During peak hours in North America, 70% of allbandwidth going from providers to consumers (that's "downstream" bandwidth) was taken up by video.Netflix is the biggest bandwidth hog of the bunch,making up more than 37% of all downstream traffic during peak hours. Google's YouTube is a distant second, with about 18%. All non-video web services combined (HTTP) take up only 6% of all downstream bandwidth.SEE ALSO:The research firm that once thought Microsoft would beat the iPhone has given up on Windows PhoneJoin the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: This 28 year old is the most right-swiped man in New Jersey on Tinder
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