Showing Off Our Capacity – A Recap of the Numbers
A large amount of Internet traffic today is conducted by a small handful of companies. Arbor Networks noted this traffic consolidation back in 2009 when it coined the term “hyper giants.” According to Arbor Networks at the time: “Out of the 40,000 routed end sites in the Internet, 30 large companies – ‘hyper giants’ like Limelight, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and YouTube – now generate and consume a disproportionate 30% of all Internet traffic.”
That was nearly two years ago, and the consolidation trend hasn’t reversed. Only a small number of companies have the capacity to conduct a measurable amount of the world’s IP traffic. As a reminder of why Limelight Networks is one of those companies, here is a recap of some of the numbers we published as part of our last earnings report back in May. These numbers are an indicator of our network scale. They’re not new, and they don’t tell the whole story of what we have to offer in content delivery, but they’re certainly a good reference point. And worth repeating.
Limelight Networks Platform Scale and Reach from the May 5th Earnings Report:
- 2.5+ billion objects delivered hourly
- 6+ Tbps egress capacity
- Directly connected to last-mile networks serving 85%+ of world’s connected population
- 11+ PB storage capacity
