OVH fells the megaupload effect

[omgtfl]

Hello,

since the closure of MegaUpload, traffic
on our network has sharply increased. In 2-3 days
we went from 450-460Gbps to 520-530Gbps. It's
a "small" increase of 10-15%, with the same
number of customers. Generally during this period
of the year nothing happens. And there, in space
a weekend, our network has won 60-70Gbps!

According to research the only explanation we
found that networks and internal ISPs in
Europe were saturated. Our traffic with the same
QoS than MegaUpload, all IP packets
brawling to get to site visitors / customers
ISPs in Europe. It's about much of Europe since it's
very visible in France, Poland, Spain
as Germany, Italy or Belgium. It is very obvious.

In short, because of the fact that MegaUpload released the
bandwidth, our network immediately took a part of
this bandwidth, and our existing customers have
recorded an improved quality of bandwidth
to all ISPs in Europe.

The only exception is Orange (AS3215) in France, where
bandwidth is strictly the same as before.
Two assumptions: the internal network of Orange does not saturate
or QoS OVH has been given priority over
MegaUpload and so towards a saturated network our traffic
is going first. In short, no MegaUpload effect at Orange

Regards
Octave

Maybe because some filehosts use OVH servers... or because a lot of people use RDP on ovh servers and now the europe is the main land for cyberlocker services...

(sorry the bad english...)

Source: OVH Forum

omgtfl Reviewed by omgtfl on 8th Feb 2012. OVH fells the megaupload effect Maybe because some filehosts use OVH servers... or because a lot of people use RDP on ovh servers and now the europe is the main land for cyberlocker services... (sorry the bad english...) Source: OVH Forum Rating: 5

[CuraHack]

What's the source ?

[UncleSam]

yes source please

[omgtfl]

Source added.

[okone]

*feels

As far as I know, 'fells' only applies with trees (i.e. felling a tree).

[omgtfl]

Hello, thank you , but i cannot edit the post title.

[foxman]

Strange!