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Traffic surges for iTunes and Xbox Live
Broadband traffic for services such as iTunes and Xbox Live has surged in the last few months, according to Sandvine Incorporated. Sandvine, which develops network equipment to monitor broadband usage, says that Internet traffic for the two services has skyrocketed since the release of iTunes 7 in September and new games for use on Xbox Live in November.
Sandvine also reports having seen an 80 percent increase in the number of Xbox Live users since since November 7. That week, Microsoft released six new games for the Xbox 360--one of which was the highly-anticipated Gears of War--which spiked Xbox Live traffic. This traffic pattern is similar to the spike that followed the introduction of Halo II in 2004, says Sandvine, which managed sustain Xbox Live's popularity after the spike for the first time. Sandvine CEO Dave Caputo said that "the effect Gears of War and other games are having on networks indicates to service providers that online gaming is not just a craze."
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