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Megaupload Shutdown Fails to Slow File Sharing
By Chloe Albanesius February 9, 2012
Megaupload has been down for three weeks now, and while Internet traffic took a dive in the immediate aftermath of the shutdown, file-sharing activity has not decreased, with users simply moving to other services, according to a new report.
As noted by ITWorld, Much of the file-sharing activity has now shifted to Europe, and in particular, a site known as Putlocker, DeepField Networks said in a blog post this week.
On Jan. 18, one day before Megaupload was taken offline for massive copyright infringement, it had 34.1 percent of all file-sharing traffic, followed by FileSonic at 19.1 percent. Putlocker, RapidShare, and Vidoezer all had about 4 percent.
"MegaVideo was clearly the king," DeepField wrote. "In turn, most MegaVideo servers leveraged U.S.-based servers in Carpathia Hosting with some traffic going to Leaseweb servers in the Netherlands and other European providers / facilities."
After Megaupload went down, Internet traffic dropped by an "astounding" 2-3 percent, DeepField said. But that didn't last very long. By the end of the day on Jan. 19, there was simply "a significant re-allocation of Internet file sharing traffic." Putlocker had 27.5 percent of file sharing on Jan. 19, followed by "Other" at 17.1 percent and NovaMov at 14.6 percent, DeepField found.
FileSonic disabled file sharing in the wake of the Megaupload takedown, while other sites have shut down completely or cut off access for U.S. users.
"The main impact of the MegaUpload takedown? Well, file sharing has not gone away. It did not even decrease much in North America," DeepField said. "Mainly, file sharing became staggeringly less efficient. Instead of terabytes of North America MegaUpload traffic going to US servers, most file sharing traffic now comes from Europe over far more expensive transatlantic links."
According to January data from Sandvine, visits to Megaupload – which also includes MegaVideo, MegaPix, MegaLive, and MegaBox – made up 1 percent of total traffic on fixed access networks in North America.
"What will happen now that Megaupload has been taken down? The most likely scenario is that users will switch to other Storage and Back-Up Services and video sites, causing new category leaders to emerge," Sandvine said at the time. "Currently the second most popular Storage and Back-up Service varies by region, but some of the top contenders to replace Megaupload are Rapidshare, zShare, Hotfile, and MediaFire."
For more, see After Megaupload: 7 Sites the FBI Might Target Next? and What Is Megaupload?
And for his fans, here's the latest snap of Jabba-the-Hut, er, Kim Dot-Com, large and (formerly) in-charge...
Megaupload Shutdown Fails to Slow File Sharing
By Chloe Albanesius February 9, 2012
Megaupload has been down for three weeks now, and while Internet traffic took a dive in the immediate aftermath of the shutdown, file-sharing activity has not decreased, with users simply moving to other services, according to a new report.
As noted by ITWorld, Much of the file-sharing activity has now shifted to Europe, and in particular, a site known as Putlocker, DeepField Networks said in a blog post this week.
On Jan. 18, one day before Megaupload was taken offline for massive copyright infringement, it had 34.1 percent of all file-sharing traffic, followed by FileSonic at 19.1 percent. Putlocker, RapidShare, and Vidoezer all had about 4 percent.
"MegaVideo was clearly the king," DeepField wrote. "In turn, most MegaVideo servers leveraged U.S.-based servers in Carpathia Hosting with some traffic going to Leaseweb servers in the Netherlands and other European providers / facilities."
After Megaupload went down, Internet traffic dropped by an "astounding" 2-3 percent, DeepField said. But that didn't last very long. By the end of the day on Jan. 19, there was simply "a significant re-allocation of Internet file sharing traffic." Putlocker had 27.5 percent of file sharing on Jan. 19, followed by "Other" at 17.1 percent and NovaMov at 14.6 percent, DeepField found.
FileSonic disabled file sharing in the wake of the Megaupload takedown, while other sites have shut down completely or cut off access for U.S. users.
"The main impact of the MegaUpload takedown? Well, file sharing has not gone away. It did not even decrease much in North America," DeepField said. "Mainly, file sharing became staggeringly less efficient. Instead of terabytes of North America MegaUpload traffic going to US servers, most file sharing traffic now comes from Europe over far more expensive transatlantic links."
According to January data from Sandvine, visits to Megaupload – which also includes MegaVideo, MegaPix, MegaLive, and MegaBox – made up 1 percent of total traffic on fixed access networks in North America.
"What will happen now that Megaupload has been taken down? The most likely scenario is that users will switch to other Storage and Back-Up Services and video sites, causing new category leaders to emerge," Sandvine said at the time. "Currently the second most popular Storage and Back-up Service varies by region, but some of the top contenders to replace Megaupload are Rapidshare, zShare, Hotfile, and MediaFire."
For more, see After Megaupload: 7 Sites the FBI Might Target Next? and What Is Megaupload?
And for his fans, here's the latest snap of Jabba-the-Hut, er, Kim Dot-Com, large and (formerly) in-charge...
uzzled: :dunno: :surprised: