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Ellacoya Networks Releases Data on Broadband Subscriber and Application Usage in Europe

Posted on: Thursday, 8 September 2005, 06:00 CDT

Ellacoya Networks(TM), Inc., a leading provider of service control solutions for broadband IP networks, has released top level findings from its European broadband subscriber and application usage research. Ellacoya Networks conducted the study between August 25, 2005 and September 2, 2005, continuously monitoring the network activity of more than one million subscribers in Europe using its IP Service Control System. The Ellacoya system uses Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology to identify and classify applications on a per-subscriber basis and provides detailed reports on network, subscriber and application activity.

Top level findings:

Bandwidth Distribution by Subscriber

Bandwidth usage reporting by subscriber showed that usage by the top most active 5% of subscribers represented approximately 56% of total bandwidth, while the top 20% of active subscribers consumed more than 97% of total bandwidth. The remainder of the subscriber base, approximately 80%, consumed less than 3% of total bandwidth.

Bandwidth Distribution by Application

Peer-to-peer (P2P) was by far the largest consumer of bandwidth with 65.5% of traffic on the network being P2P applications. Web surfing (HTTP) consumed 27.5% of bandwidth, while Newsgroups traffic consumed approximately 2.3%. The remaining 4.7% percent of traffic comprised streaming audio and video applications, VoIP, gaming, Instant Messaging, e-mail and FTP applications, each consuming less than 1% of total bandwidth.

Applications with the Most Simultaneously Active Subscribers

A measure of the most popular applications on the network revealed that Web surfing (HTTP), with average daily peaks at 50% of subscribers, was the most popular application. Instant Messaging (IM), with average daily peaks at 25% of subscribers, was the second most popular application; while Peer-to-Peer (P2P), with average daily peaks at 18% of subscribers, was third. E-mail (SMTP), with average daily peaks at 12%, was the fourth most popular application. The remaining applications each measured less than 10% of simultaneous subscribers at its daily peak.

"Data such as this enables the service provider to truly understand application activity and how it relates to both subscribers and bandwidth consumption on the network," said Ben Legault, vice president of marketing at Ellacoya Networks. "The imbalance between application popularity and bandwidth consumption further validates the need for application control-based service tiers that our customers are successfully implementing today. In addition to allowing the creation of new service tiers, application level controls enable new services such as VoIP and IPTV that require per-subscriber QoS."

About Ellacoya Networks

Ellacoya Networks is a leading provider of service control solutions. Its IP Service Control System identifies subscribers, classifies and controls applications on a per-subscriber basis, improves performance and customer satisfaction, and delivers revenue-generating IP services. It is the only company that provides the granular network visibility and tools necessary to enable more compelling applications and competitive service offerings. Ellacoya Networks is privately held and headquartered in Merrimack, New Hampshire. For more information contact us at +1 603.577.5544 or visit us at www.ellacoya.com.

Ellacoya Networks, IP Service Control System and Service Logic Software are trademarks of Ellacoya Networks, Inc.

Source: Business Wire

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