Internet Bandwidth Running Out, Study Says

A study conducted by Nemertes Research projected that the demand for Internet bandwidth will exceed capacity by 2012. This number was adjusted from a similar report last year due to “deteriorating global economic conditions.” O noes!

Nemertes emphasized it is not projecting that the Internet will crash or shut down altogether. Rather, the typical user probably will experience Internet "brownouts," where such high-bandwidth applications as high-definition video-streaming and peer-to-peer file-sharing will stop performing up to users' expectations, the firm says.

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