Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Internet Bandwidth: The Web is Falling! The Web is Falling!


All year long the ISPs have been saying that we're running out of bandwidth, and that this is a rationale for putting caps on individual accounts. Well, Primetrica says different.

In facts, World Internet bandwidth grew faster than usage last year. Here's what Wired said on the topic:

In fact, over the last 12 months, international net bandwidth in backbone grew 62 percent, while Internet traffic grew only 53 percent and filled only 43 percent of the tubes' capacity at peak times, according to a new report released by bandwidth-monitoring firm TeleGeography.

ISP spokesperson Henny Penny could not be reached for comment.

Here's a chart from the Telegeography Exec Summ:


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