The Pareto Principle Comes to Broadband

| Commentary | [via Gizmodo] - Those of you who study management or work in a corporate environment have probably heard of the Pareto Principle. Simplified, this principle states that roughly 20% of a population (often, people) contribute 80% of an overall result. You can probably think of many examples where the Pareto Principle applies. Add Internet network bandwidth consumption to the list.

According to Om Malik (GigaOM), less than 20 percent (more like 10%) of users in fact generate about 80% of Internet traffic today. This has probably been true for a long time, no matter whether Web browsing, P2P systems or streaming video happen to be the traffic generator of the day. If you believe in Pareto, expect this pattern to continue.