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Internet facing 'meltdown' by 2010

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:37 AM EST
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The internet could suffer a dramatic slowdown by 2010 as the sheer scale of data exceeds the ability of the network to cope.

Analyst firm Nemertes Research Group has spent the past year analysing data flows over the internet and the core infrastructure that carries that information. The company has concluded that serious bottlenecks will occur in three to five years.

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{"commentId":1201261,"authorDomain":"mattcoxonline"}
coxy

I don't believe this for a second...

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  • 2 votes
Reply#1 - Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:38 AM EST
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Eric Albert

Coxy

Neither do I, unless the corrupt social issue, class and profit hinders the application of new technology. I just read an article about the ability of parallel computers doing the work of all computers, today, that would take 20 years, in a few seconds. That technology could also undo the encryption ability of the corporate and state class regimes, who have the need to protect secrets, even if for the wrong reasons. These parallel computers would make all secrets impossible, as they would decipher any combination. With that kind of power, the Internet is hardly going to reach that technical limit, unless it is the class interests, corrupt corporate powers that want to put a meter for profit on everything, including air, if they could somehow pollute it.

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  • 3 votes
#1.1 - Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:09 AM EST
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Scott Isaacs

I'm sure that the network will simply expand to handle the extra data and that will just spur greater growth of companies that make routers, servers and other backbone equipment like Cisco Systems.

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  • 4 votes
Reply#2 - Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:52 AM EST
{"commentId":1204245,"authorDomain":"mattcoxonline"}
coxy

Exactly what I was thinking. Also; if a product is created that can't be widely used on the current network setup, it's unlikely to be publicly released / successful or popular.

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  • 2 votes
#2.1 - Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:02 AM EST
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Adam Becker

Someone get Ted Stevens on this, pronto!

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  • 3 votes
Reply#3 - Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:36 AM EST
{"commentId":1201400,"authorDomain":"aquiteman"}
quietman

If Ted can't handle it better just go to the top, after all Al Gore did invite the thing.

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    Reply#4 - Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:21 AM EST
    {"commentId":1202549,"authorDomain":"gregjarvis"}
    gregjarvis

    Yea, really. Get the Goreman on this problem, he'll solve it by making networks green and pollution free, maybe even make a movie on how it turns out!

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    • 1 vote
    #4.1 - Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:33 PM EST
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    {"commentId":1201438,"authorDomain":"dturnbull"}
    Donald Turnbull

    Who writes this crap?

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    • 3 votes
    Reply#5 - Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:43 AM EST
    {"commentId":1204243,"authorDomain":"mattcoxonline"}
    coxy

    Iain Thomson in California, apparently.

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    • 2 votes
    #5.1 - Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:00 AM EST
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    {"commentId":1201628,"authorDomain":"rbrazys"}
    rbrazys

    (New headline idea!)

    Absolute Rubbish.

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      Reply#6 - Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:11 AM EST
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