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Video Usage Creates Traffic Jam Worries
An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet has an article talking about worries over the increase in video downloads in the last year. Free video hosting and the popularity of iTunes is blamed for this phenomenon." From the article: "This is far from an academic issue. Whether the new companies can deliver on their promises could have a profound effect on how the Internet operates--and it could hit consumers in the pocketbook. Business and entertainment content worth billions of dollars now flows over ordinary ISP networks. Internet voice calls, which can be garbled by any network congestion, are increasingly common. Serious online hiccups could be as irritating, and potentially economically damaging, as persistent L.A. traffic jams."
There's nothing more distracting than driving down the freeway and seeing a video screen with the Blue Screen of Death. It will only get worse as Windows Vista has the Red Screen of Death that people will rubberneck just to see Microsoft's newest OS feature.
Moderators, please mod parent up.
After all the tech bubble boom money that was sunk into pulling unused fiber it's a wonder anyone would think / worry about overutilization.
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