Comments on: Research suggests Internet could run out of bandwidth in the coming years

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:19:51 +0000

Any one who knows anything about technology or the internet knows the internet is not going to run out of bandwith. It is called FIBER OPTICS!! compression, wavelengths, ect.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:25:45 +0000

THATS WHAT SHE SAID

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By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:07:32 +0000

Courtney Benson takes it in the pooper!!

By: Thejacker

Thejacker — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:04:38 +0000

I blame the black people.

By: Ted Ritter

Ted Ritter — Sun, 03 May 2009 11:59:34 +0000

I urge people to read the source report on Nemertes website. You’ll see that we are explicit that the backbone, fiber and metro layers of the Internet will scale to meet all projected demand. The problem is the last mile where we project potential demand growth outpacing capacity growth. All of the above posts about Internet routing and survivability are correct – for the Internet core. The challenge is they don’t apply to the last mile. You can find the report and FAQ at:

FAQ: http://nemertes.com/internet_infrastructure_study_2009_frequently_asked_questions_faq

Report: http://www.nemertes.com/studies/internet_interrupted_why_architectural_limitations_will_fracture_net

Ted Ritter
Nemertes Research

By: Ryan Erickson

Ryan Erickson — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:39:50 +0000

now we know, and knowing is half the battle, haha

By: Eric Hawkins

Fri, 01 May 2009 16:50:32 +0000

If the internet is running out of bandwidth, what percentage are we at now?

My hard drive is almost out of room. It’s at 90%. To run out of something it must be quantifiable. So to run out of internets we must have a set amount of internets available. How much internet do I have? Do you have? Does the world have.

The internet is a network, much like the road systems. Most people use the internet lightly, like the people driving cars to work and the store, then we have the BitTorrent gang who drive Semis hauling 2.5 trailers, and then we have the people who stream funny videos who drive the U Haul back and forth a lot until they get drunk and pass out.

The only reason traffic jams happen is because of accidents which can’t easily be avoided by traffic already on that road, the internet can reroute traffic fairly easily so as long as we have more routes the internet should be fine.

Then again I’m just speculating as to how I think it works based on my one networking class.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:12:33 +0000

This is just fearmongering to try to justify metered pricing.

The internet has virtually no limit.

By: foxmajik

foxmajik — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:58:46 +0000

The Internet is not a thing, it is a concept. Concepts cannot run out of commodities since they are incapable of possessing facets.

“The Internet” cannot have its bandwidth saturated, only specific links between nodes can become saturated. This is not a problem because when that happens all we have to do is add more vectors. That’s why we have all those pretty shiny things floating in space.

By: every1 has their own bias

every1 has their own bias — Fri, 01 May 2009 02:56:41 +0000

because cnn is completely balanced, honest, and important. dipshit

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:51:04 +0000

people thought I was crazy saving all my free AOL minutes…..whos laughing now

By: thebonafortuna

thebonafortuna — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:42:54 +0000

Hulu runs plenty fast for me…

By: troy

troy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:22:25 +0000

repeat after me.

There is no such thing as a bandwidth shortage !!

By: nick

nick — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:08:41 +0000

I am sure that back in the days the Telephone companies said that they were running out of wires too.

By: Terry Law

Terry Law — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:55:38 +0000

This is just an attempt by cable companines to justify charging more. Bandwith is becoming a commodity…Cable companies will not be needed to supply content in the near future, only bandwidth. Their business model is failing. I’m not suprised that this story was front and center on Fox News – the most misquided and devious news outlet out there.

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By: courtney benson

courtney benson — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:39:47 +0000

I’ve been involved in a number of bleeding edge technologies including internet applications and I too have heard about the demise of the web, but what I’ve learned over time is to do your due diligence. I have and conclude that the CLOUD is real and will succeed.

By: annony55

annony55 — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:38:29 +0000

Ack, dont fall for the attempt from ISPs to lobby for metered billing and the like…

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Exaflood-Myth-Just-Wont-Die-102202

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