February 09, 2007


Net grows to meet fresh demands

The net is facing the need for serious upgrades in order to meet fresh demands such as high definition video on the web and social networking. A recent report from Deloitte said 2007 could be the year the internet approaches capacity, with demand outstripping supply. It predicted bottlenecks in some of the net's backbones as the amount of data overwhelms the size of the pipes.

The impact may be most noticeable in the form of falling quality of service. It may only take an unexpected upsurge in video usage to turn the inconvenience caused by a drop in access speeds into full-scale consumer dissatisfaction.

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