Internet traffic

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Internet traffic is the flow of data in the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks.

Contents 1 Amount of traffic 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External links

[edit] Amount of traffic

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

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

Below are estimates of global Internet traffic:

Year	Data (TB/month)
1990	1.0[2]
1991	2.0[2]
1992	4.4[2]
1993	8.7[2]
1994	16.8[2]
1995	173[2]
1996	1,800[2]
1997	5,000[2]
1998	11,200[2]
1999	25,500[2]
2000	75,250[2]
2001	175,000[3]
2002	356,000[3]
2003	681,000[2]
2004	1,267,000[2]
2005	2,055,000[2]
2006	3,339,000[2]
2007	5,220,000[2]
2008	8,126,000[2]

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

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

[edit] External links

• The Internet Traffic Report
• "The Size and Growth Rate of the Internet" at First Monday

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