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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.
Internet facing 'meltdown' by 2010
Seeded on Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:37 AM EST
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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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#2 - Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:52 AM ESTExactly 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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If Ted can't handle it better just go to the top, after all Al Gore did invite the thing.
#4 - Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:21 AM ESTYea, 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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