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The upcoming Traffic Jam on Internet
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by asterix | November 23, 2007 at 03:39 am
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Consumer demand for bandwidth could see the internet running out of capacity as early as 2010, a new study warns.US analyst firm Nemertes Research predicted a drastic slowdown as the network struggles to cope with the amount of data being carried on it.
Such gridlock would drastically affect how people use the web and could mean the next Google or YouTube simply doesn't get off the ground, it said.
The report said billions needed to be spent upgrading broadband networks.
It put the figure at around $137bn (£66bn) globally.
For users, the slowdown could see a return to the bad old days of dial-up, the report predicts.
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at 05:38 on November 23rd, 2007
Remember in that movie Clerks, when the guy comes in and implores the customers to give up smoking and chew gum instead, and it turns out he works for a gum company? Yeah. The Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA), who is behind this latest outcry, opposes Net Neutrality and its members stand to make a ton of money from double-charging users: imagine a toll-only "fast lane" that would choke off those who wouldn't pay-- information superhighway robbery, no?
And who makes up the Internet Innovation Alliance? ... Telecoms. So I call bee ess on the IIA for their sky-is-falling rhetoric, which masks a blatant commercial grab, and they'll use your legislative system as a stepping stone to greater profits. Just say no.