Comments on: Internet traffic dropped 30% when Swedish anti-piracy law went live

By: Chris@Hot Leads Generation Software

Chris@Hot Leads Generation Software — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:01:16 +0000

It just goes to show that the internet essentially is divided into a very large group who wont pay for products and services and a group who will. A 30% drop is not so bad, imagine it was the other way around.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:27:10 +0000

Also will the take up of faster internet services now slow? this could actually be bad for ISP’s.

By: Swedish Internet Users Backed Off to Download Illegally | TechWacky

Swedish Internet Users Backed Off to Download Illegally | TechWacky — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:11:50 +0000

[...] [royalpingdom] Internet, News | Tags: Download Illegally, the pirate [...]

By: Sweden’s IPRED Law - Two Weeks Later.. | P2P Heaven

Sweden’s IPRED Law - Two Weeks Later.. | P2P Heaven — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:45:22 +0000

[...] Well, two weeks later, things have changed (a little). Well here are the statistics, according to reliable [...]

By: Swedish anti-piracy law, two weeks on: Traffic down and sales up | Royal Pingdom

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:41:30 +0000

[...] after the law came into force on April 1st, the Swedish national broadband traffic dropped dramatically from an average of 160 Gbit/s to about 100 Gbit/s. If this is due to a reduction in illegal file [...]

By: Jerome

Jerome — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:02:16 +0000

Show us the following days! Just to be sure…
Any trend after 12 days?

By: Sweden’s Internet Traffic Drops by a Third as New Anti-Piracy Law Kicks In | domain names |

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:02:10 +0000

[...] Reported today by Royal Pingdom: “The combined traffic passing through Sweden’s Internet Exchange Points usually peaks around 160 Gbit/s, but on Wednesday it peaked at around 110 Gbit/s. That’s a huge drop in traffic, and is presumably a direct result of less file sharing taking place. … Another interesting observation is that there was more traffic than usual during the last days before the law took effect. Were people hoarding films and music? On Tuesday (the day before the law went live) traffic peaked at nearly 200 GBit/s, roughly 25% above normal levels.” Graph indicating the unusual Internet traffic drop in Sweden after March 31st. Source: Swidish Netnod Internet Exchange [...]

By: Принятие антипиратских законов в Швеции привело к значительному падению объемов интернет трафика « Константин Михайлов

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:43:34 +0000

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By: Swedish File-Sharers Mull VPN (Virtual Pirate Network) | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:54:44 +0000

[...] the hell out of the country’s Internet population, it seems to have had the desired affect. Swedish internet traffic dropped by a third on Wednesday after the law, which allows copyright holders to force ISPs to divulge the IP [...]

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:53:00 +0000

I very much doubt sales will increase.

The majority stuff I download I would either just wait for to appear on TV, or just not bother watching it if I couldn’t download it.