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08-17-2016, 06:40 AM
Researchers map out Netflix's servers across the globe
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Netflix delivers a lot of video. **w researchers from Queen Mary University of London have mapped out where the servers that send out all of that data are located.*
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A map of where the study found Netflix servers.
Image: *Queen Mary University of London*
Last year, the video streaming giant made up 37 percent (http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/netflix-bandwidth-usage-internet-traffic-1201507187/) of internet traffic (with similar (http://mashable.com/2011/10/27/netflix-takes-up-32-7-of-internet-bandwidth-study/) numbers (http://mashable.com/2013/11/12/internet-traffic-downstream/) over the past few years), but it's been (sort of (http://www.computerworld.com/article/2489741/networking/how-netflix-streams-******-to-your-tv.html)) unclear as to how it delivered that traffic so efficiently.*
SEE ALSO: The 'Netflix tax' is starting (http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/netflix-tax-pennsylvania/)
Five researchers from QMUL's School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science attempted to figure it out by loading Netflix videos on university computers, localizing the requests to different regions with a browser extension, and then studying the traffic delivered by servers in those areas.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/16/netflix-server-mapping/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Netflix delivers a lot of video. **w researchers from Queen Mary University of London have mapped out where the servers that send out all of that data are located.*
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/xiOtXBSBXAyigtDOE2XSuvupfw4=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F180646%2FScreen_Shot_2016-08-16_at_4.53.01_PM.png
A map of where the study found Netflix servers.
Image: *Queen Mary University of London*
Last year, the video streaming giant made up 37 percent (http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/netflix-bandwidth-usage-internet-traffic-1201507187/) of internet traffic (with similar (http://mashable.com/2011/10/27/netflix-takes-up-32-7-of-internet-bandwidth-study/) numbers (http://mashable.com/2013/11/12/internet-traffic-downstream/) over the past few years), but it's been (sort of (http://www.computerworld.com/article/2489741/networking/how-netflix-streams-******-to-your-tv.html)) unclear as to how it delivered that traffic so efficiently.*
SEE ALSO: The 'Netflix tax' is starting (http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/netflix-tax-pennsylvania/)
Five researchers from QMUL's School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science attempted to figure it out by loading Netflix videos on university computers, localizing the requests to different regions with a browser extension, and then studying the traffic delivered by servers in those areas.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/16/netflix-server-mapping/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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