▁data ▁per ▁hour , ▁while ▁standard ▁definition ▁takes ▁up ▁around ▁ 1 ▁GB ▁of ▁data ▁per ▁hour . ▁In ▁North ▁America , ▁during ▁peak ▁band width ▁consumption ▁hours ▁( around ▁ 8 ▁PM ) ▁Net fli x ▁uses ▁about ▁ 4 0 % ▁of ▁total ▁network ▁band width . ▁The ▁vast ▁amount ▁of ▁data ▁marks ▁an ▁un par alle led ▁period ▁in ▁time ▁and ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁contrib uting ▁factors ▁that ▁has ▁led ▁the ▁world ▁into ▁the ▁Z ett aby te ▁Era . ▁ ▁YouTube ▁ ▁YouTube ▁is ▁another ▁large ▁video ▁streaming ▁( and ▁video ▁upload ing ) ▁service , ▁whose ▁data ▁consumption ▁rate ▁across ▁both ▁fixed ▁and ▁mobile ▁networks ▁remains ▁quite ▁large . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the ▁service ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁using ▁up ▁about ▁ 2 0 % ▁of ▁total ▁Internet ▁traffic ▁and ▁ 4 0 % ▁of ▁mobile ▁traffic . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁ 1 0 0 ▁hours ▁of ▁video ▁content ▁on ▁YouTube ▁was ▁uploaded ▁every ▁ 6 0 ▁seconds . ▁YouTube ▁not ▁only ▁offers ▁content ▁for ▁download ▁( through ▁streaming ) ▁but ▁also ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁ 3 0 0 ▁hours ▁of ▁YouTube ▁video ▁content ▁is ▁uploaded ▁every ▁minute . ▁ ▁In cre ased ▁wireless ▁and ▁mobile ▁traffic ▁ ▁The ▁usage ▁of ▁mobile ▁techn ologies ▁to ▁access ▁IP ▁networks ▁has ▁resulted ▁in ▁an ▁increase ▁in ▁overall ▁IP ▁traffic ▁in ▁the ▁Z ett aby te ▁Era . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁the