Re:SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latenc...
by mrep on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:36PM
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Per the wiki [1], Internet traffic is defined as: the amount of data sent and received by visitors of a particular web site.
The traffic between europe and the US is not solely dominated by the amount of data sent and received by visitors of a particular web site. It includes a lot of other background data such as backups between regions.
The analogy to economics would be the calculation of GDP in that you generally don't factor in B2B products/services when the end product/service is the consumer.
Obviously, this won't replace my "laptop -> router" communication nor "server -> server" communication but it's the consumer that matters.
Re:SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latenc...
by qaq on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:56PM
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you conveniently ignore: Internet traffic is the flow of data across the Internet. The phrase "Internet traffic" is sometimes used to describe web traffic.
The traffic between europe and the US is not solely dominated by the amount of data sent and received by visitors of a particular web site. It includes a lot of other background data such as backups between regions.
The analogy to economics would be the calculation of GDP in that you generally don't factor in B2B products/services when the end product/service is the consumer.
Obviously, this won't replace my "laptop -> router" communication nor "server -> server" communication but it's the consumer that matters.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_traffic#Global_Intern...