[AusNOG] What?

[Sam Tilders]

Quoting Matthew Moyle-Croft <mmc at internode.com.au>:

> http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,25391725-5006301,00.html
>
> "INTERNET users will face annoying "brownouts" that will freeze their
> web browsers when capacity runs out in cyberspace as early as next
> year, new research says.
>
> Experts predict consumer demand, growing at about 60 per cent a year,
> could outstrip supply as early as next year because more people are
> working online and using bandwidth-hungry video and music websites. "
>
> I'm _assuming_ this is something to do with IPv4 address running  out?
>  But I'm not sure.  Not at all.

A colleague dug up these links.

They seem to be talking about spending on infrastructure not keeping  
up with the increase in end user demand.

http://www.nemertes.com/press_releases/user_demand_internet_could_outpace_network_capacity_2010

http://www.nemertes.com/studies/internet_singularity_delayed_why_limits_internet_capacity_will_stifle_innovation_web#_Toc181763582


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