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Top 1% of Mobile Users Consume Half of World’s Bandwidth . . . and Gap Is Growing

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Via: the-irascible-harry-krishner • 13 years ago • 6 comments

Top 1% of Mobile Users Consume Half of World’s Bandwidth . . . and Gap Is Growing

The worlds congested mobile airwaves are being divided in a lopsided manner, with 1 percent of consumers generating half of all traffic. The top 10 percent of users, meanwhile, are consuming 90 percent of wireless bandwidth.

The gap between extreme users and the rest of the population is widening, according to Arieso. In 2009, the top 3 percent of heavy users generated 40 percent of network traffic. Now, Arieso said, these users pump out 70 percent of the traffic. ( LINK)

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seeder Krishna 13 years ago

The imbalance in mobile phone consumption is another example of a relatively small group of individuals dominating the consumption of a particular resource. The United States, with less than 5 percent of the worlds population, consumes about 23 percent of the worlds daily oil production, according to American government figures. Japan, Germany and Italy, whose populations together make up less than 4 percent of the worlds total, accounted for 31 percent of global natural gas imports in 2010, according to the International Energy Agency.

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seeder Krishna 13 years ago

Arieso researchers, in their latest survey, found that users of Apples iPhone 4S downloaded 276 percent more data from an operators network than did people with the Apple 3G, which has been on the market since June 2008.

Part of the reason for the increase in download volumes may be Apples Siri voice feature on the iPhone 4S, Mr. Flanagan said.

And in addition, Siri can be downright sassy!