Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 10:11am
IS IT TIME TO SCRAP THE INTERNET?
[SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor, AUTHOR: Chris Gaylord]
More and more, Americans are treating their PC as a second TV. Few are ready to place a couch in front of their monitors, but millions are plopping down in front of Internet services such as YouTube, Joost, and television network websites to watch online shows and movies. Streaming video will surge from 7.3 percent of all US consumer Internet traffic in 2006 to almost 33 percent by 2012, according to the market research firm IDC. But remember, that's just a percentage. Along with video's increasing share, total Internet traffic is expected to double every two years, industry analysts say. Some warn that this rush will overwhelm service providers if they don't prepare for it. And the forecast for an ever-rising flood of data has some asking, is the Internet outdated?
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1025/p13s01-stct.html
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