Experts Warn Internet Is Running Out of Bandwidth

[WHT]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518405,00.html
Internet users face regular "brownouts" that will freeze their computers as capacity runs out in cyberspace, according to research to be published later this year.

Experts predict that consumer demand, already growing at 60 percent a year, will start to exceed supply as early as 2010 because of more people working online and the soaring popularity of bandwidth-hungry Web sites such as YouTube and services such as the BBC's iPlayer.

It will initially lead to computers being disrupted and going offline for several minutes at a time. Beginning in 2012, however, PCs and laptops are likely to operate at a much reduced speed, rendering the Internet an "unreliable toy."
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[cschwemin]

yup the sky sure is falling :)

While the net itself will ultimately survive, Ritter said that waves of disruption would begin to emerge next year, when computers would jitter and freeze. This would be followed by “brownouts” – a combination of temporary freezing and computers being reduced to a slow speed.

that explains why my computer keeps shaking across the desk.
its all those “net hogs”

damm them.

[WHT]

After a few margareeetas, my screen seems to wobble.

But that was a long, long time ago...I learned my lesson after I started doing some sys admin stuff on my BBS user accounts after coming home from the clubs.

Then there was the time in college I woke up after a hard night of drinking after the rodeo. All I could see was white...plain white, everywhere I looked!

I'm BLIND...WOOD ALCOHOL BLIND ! ! !

Then I realized I fell asleep with my head in the toilet bowl.

[imodel]

They've been predicting the 2010 date for a few years now. I remember seeing some reports in 2007 or so. Seems like great PR for the anti-net neutrality folks.

[WHT]

Mebbe they tore up all that dark fiber they were complaining about ago.

[Aveyer]

eh...that's rubbish? Upgrading the infrastructure and adding more fiber will sort that?

[DmitryGlebov]

Thanks i will have a look