Comments on: How Would You Deal With A Global Bandwidth Shortage? http://medialoper.com/how-would-you-deal-with-a-global-bandwidth-shortage/ Chasing the long tail of digital media Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:18:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hylinn http://medialoper.com/how-would-you-deal-with-a-global-bandwidth-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-25174 Hylinn Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:58:21 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/hot-topics/google/how-would-you-deal-with-a-global-bandwidth-shortage/#comment-25174 This may not be only a scare tactic. There could be some basis behind the accusation that the Internet would come to its knees during a bird flu epidemic. I agree with some of the comments that a bird flu epidemic would not bring down the Internet. Its just that it could be entirely possible that a surge if Internet traffic from another source could bring the Internet tumbling down. The Internet is already being strained by the new in flux of Internet video media and the large bandwidth usage of VoIP and P2P applications. If for some reason these were to spike, I could see the performance of the Internet dropping drastically as the ISPs struggle to meet the needs of its users. This may not be only a scare tactic. There could be some basis behind the accusation that the Internet would come to its knees during a bird flu epidemic. I agree with some of the comments that a bird flu epidemic would not bring down the Internet. Its just that it could be entirely possible that a surge if Internet traffic from another source could bring the Internet tumbling down. The Internet is already being strained by the new in flux of Internet video media and the large bandwidth usage of VoIP and P2P applications. If for some reason these were to spike, I could see the performance of the Internet dropping drastically as the ISPs struggle to meet the needs of its users.

]]> By: Mark Tomin http://medialoper.com/how-would-you-deal-with-a-global-bandwidth-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-21403 Mark Tomin Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:48:21 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/hot-topics/google/how-would-you-deal-with-a-global-bandwidth-shortage/#comment-21403 Many pay on per MB basis around the world, so yes, the Internet is worth using if there were bandwidth limitations. The world will never run out of bandwidth because bandwidth providers will just start increasing prices, which in turn, will lead to more economic usage of the bandwidth. Just like the gas prices and its shortage. <a href="http://t1-Service.net" rel="nofollow">T1 Service</a> Many pay on per MB basis around the world, so yes, the Internet is worth using if there were bandwidth limitations. The world will never run out of bandwidth because bandwidth providers will just start increasing prices, which in turn, will lead to more economic usage of the bandwidth. Just like the gas prices and its shortage.

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]]> By: Slarmas http://medialoper.com/how-would-you-deal-with-a-global-bandwidth-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-21388 Slarmas Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:32:07 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/hot-topics/google/how-would-you-deal-with-a-global-bandwidth-shortage/#comment-21388 I work for an ISP where we have seen around 80% of traffic being bitttorent or file sharing. The way around this is we have implementeed traffic shapers to limit bittorrent and other severe offenders to essentially a scavenger class of service. This allows other real time traffic to get through. We actually don't base our usage percentage on file sharing traffic due to the fact that it is not cost effective and would eat up any amount of bandwidth we threw at it (mostly literally speaking, but I am sure there are limits). Supply and demand work for bandwidth just like anything, so this is holy a false or at least a temporary problem. I work for an ISP where we have seen around 80% of traffic being bitttorent or file sharing. The way around this is we have implementeed traffic shapers to limit bittorrent and other severe offenders to essentially a scavenger class of service. This allows other real time traffic to get through. We actually don’t base our usage percentage on file sharing traffic due to the fact that it is not cost effective and would eat up any amount of bandwidth we threw at it (mostly literally speaking, but I am sure there are limits). Supply and demand work for bandwidth just like anything, so this is holy a false or at least a temporary problem.

]]> By: The Weekly ‘Loper - February 18, 2007 | Medialoper http://medialoper.com/how-would-you-deal-with-a-global-bandwidth-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-21387 The Weekly ‘Loper - February 18, 2007 | Medialoper Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:28:44 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/hot-topics/google/how-would-you-deal-with-a-global-bandwidth-shortage/#comment-21387 [...] How Would You Deal With A Global Bandwidth Shortage? - We’re still trying to figure this one out, actually. [...] [...] How Would You Deal With A Global Bandwidth Shortage? – We’re still trying to figure this one out, actually. [...]

]]> By: Mac http://medialoper.com/how-would-you-deal-with-a-global-bandwidth-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-21193 Mac Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:33:38 +0000 http://www.medialoper.com/hot-topics/google/how-would-you-deal-with-a-global-bandwidth-shortage/#comment-21193 I belive that even if this happens, we'll be able to relay in new and more effective compression technologies, wich in the end would let us do the same thing we do now, but with less bandwidth. It would be nice though if we didn't have to gio through something like this to get our hands on compression methods that already exist. I belive that even if this happens, we’ll be able to relay in new and more effective compression technologies, wich in the end would let us do the same thing we do now, but with less bandwidth.
It would be nice though if we didn’t have to gio through something like this to get our hands on compression methods that already exist.

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