Following on from a report by US a research, Spanish IP and capacity management specialist, Neptuny, has warned that continued levels of bandwidth usage could outstrip network capacity by 2010. The report, issued last month by research agency Nemertes, warned that the current state of US network infrastructure is not sufficient to cope with the increased demands placed on it by Web 2.0 applications such as YouTube. Neptuny is the first European company to weigh in on the theory and is warning that companies should audit their internet usage.
Fabio Violante, Neptuny’s founder and CEO, said that Nemertes Research report warns that the growing take-up of bandwidth hogging services will create an “exaflood” (data overload) that will swamp the Internet within three years.
“Many experts predicted a few years ago that the capacity issue would be solved by the packet prioritisation features of IPv6 (internet protocol version 6), which allow for video and voice packets to gain priority on a public or private IP network over standard packets,” he said. “The problem is that only a handful of ISPs have adopted the full provisions of IPv6, which is why we’re now heading towards Internet gridlock,” he added.
The Nemertes report was commissioned by the Internet Innovation Alliance (spearheaded by provider AT&T), which recommended an investment of some $55bn to upgrade state networks in the US.
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