bandwidth capacity

The Bandwidth Crunch

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:48:52 -0400

Full article: On Point Radio
Tom Ashbrook
Fire up your Internet connection or your iPhone and you are immediately in the middle of a battle over bandwidth. The United States is trailing many countries in the speed and ease of connection to the Web. France leaves us in the dust. South Korea leaves us deep in the dust. Now the U.S. is looking at a plan to catch up.

The Day the Internet Almost Died

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:11:07 -0400

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Andy Jordan
If the Internet had been around on Aug. 16, 1977, perhaps tweets about Elvis Presley's death would have surpassed news about the great New York blackout of 1977. As it happened, news of Michael Jackson's death knocked #iranelection out of the Twitter limelight. June 25, 2009, will also be the day Mr. Jackson brought the Internet to a crawl.

Internet Groans under Weight of Michael Jackson Traffic

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:44:43 -0400

Full article: Ars Technica
Jacqui Cheng
The passing of pop icon Michael Jackson affected numerous services across the Internet in major ways. As fans and onlookers tried to locate and pass on news, various sites were pushed to their limits, with Google describing the incident as "volcanic."

News Sites Swamped Following Michael Jackson's Death

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:44:59 -0400

Full article: CNet
Greg Sandoval
The traffic numbers are beginning to roll in now, and it appears online news sites fared poorly in handling a flash flood of traffic following the death of singer Michael Jackson. A review of more than 30 online news sites shows that availability on average fell from 100 percent to 86 percent.

Michael Jackson Is a Test. He Is Only a Test of the Emergency Broadcast System

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:41:22 -0400

Full article: Venture Test
Dean Takahashi
As tragic as Michael Jackson's death is, it's only a small taste of what would happen in a true calamity. If the servers go down, how are we going to get our Gmail or Yahoo Mail? Who will be there to listen when we collectively Tweet for help? What will we do if the emergency plan is stored on the network?

CableLabs Floats Bandwidth-On-Demand Concept

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:27:58 -0400

Full article: Multichannel News
Todd Spangler
CableLabs has sketched out a system that would let cable customers tell their providers when they want more bandwidth -- or less -- and pay more accordingly. The idea of user-controlled prioritization is not totally new. But, it could be a very elegant solution to what has been an explosive public-relations issue.

Online Multitasking Increases Bandwidth Demand

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:17:57 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Steve Lohr
In humans, multitasking can cause stress and anxiety. But for the Internet, it just contributes to the ever-rising demand for bandwidth. The pace of that rise shows no sign of letting up, according to an update of a yearly tracking and forecast of Internet traffic growth.

AT&T Front Group Claims Internet End is Nigh

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:33:15 -0500

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
The Internet Innovation Alliance, an industry trade group spearheaded by AT&T, issued a press release proclaiming that by 2012, apparently incompetent engineers won't be able to manage Internet capacity, and we will begin seeing brownouts.

Broadband Internet Crunch is Beginning to Occur

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:05:46 -0500

Full article: Internet Innovation Alliance
Internet demand remains at a rate which could outpace capacity within the next two to four years, according to "Internet Interrupted: Why Architectural Limitations Will Fracture the Net," a new report from Nemertes Research.

Comcast's Bandwidth Squeeze

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:10:33 -0400

Full article: Press Democrat
Nathan Halverson
Is Comcast running out of bandwidth? The answer depends on who you ask. Stan Schatt, of ABI Research, said cable networks are reaching capacity. But Comcast disagrees. Comcast’s current infrastructure meets its capacity needs for a “good number of years,” said Andrew Johnson, vice president of communication for Comcast.