That “Internet of Things”? There’s not enough bandwidth to support it.

There's a lot of noise constantly being made about how at some point the number of devices connected to the Internet will surpass the number of people using it, hence the term "Internet of Things". However there is ... continue

32 percent of peak Internet bandwidth being used by Netflix traffic

We all knew that Netflix is responsible for a lot of Internet traffic but as a result of a new study out today titled 2011 Sandvine Internet Phenomena Report we find out that Netflix is one of ... continue

Analyst challenges ISPs to prove ‘bandwidth hogs’ exist

For the longest time broadband providers claimed that there was a pending doomsday of Internet congestion where the Internet would breakdown because of all the traffic. Unfortunately for these broadband providers that claim has been dis-proven six ways of ... continue

YouTube costs Google $2 million per day

I’m sure that this is oldish news but I found it pretty amazing all the same. According to Internet Evolution, using data accumulated from Bear Sterns & Co, comScore, Credit Suisse and Google itself, ... continue

Project to Rebuild Internet Gets $12 Million and Massive Bandwidth

The Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI), a project that aims to rebuild the Internet has secured a $12 million grant from the US National Science Foundation and massive bandwidth from Internet2. GENI is envisioned as a ... continue

ISPs Eye Bandwidth-Based Charges

A big bandwidth could soon cost you. Broadband Reports quotes a Comcast insider as saying the company may instate monthly data caps for its internet users. Right now, the insider says, executives are looking at limiting you ... continue