Looks like they'll need a bigger box.
Posted on 05/03/2015 10:19:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
* Internet speeds have increased by 50-fold in the last decade alone
* Optical fibres have reached capacity and cannot transfer any more light
* Laying down more cables may solve problem but this will increase costs
* 'It is harder and harder to keep ahead,' said Professor Andrew Ellis
The internet is heading towards a 'capacity crunch' as it fails to keep up with our demand for ever faster data, scientists have warned.
Leading engineers, physicists and telecoms firms have been summoned to a meeting at London's Royal Society later this month, to discuss what can be done to avert a web crisis.
The boom of internet television, streaming services and ever-more powerful computers has increased the strain on our communications infrastructure.
In just 20 years, if usage rates continue, all of Britain's power supply could be consumed by internet use.
The cables and fibre optics that send information to our laptops, smartphones and tablets will have reached their limit to send data within eight years, experts warn.
So far, engineers have managed to keep ahead of demand, increasing internet speeds 50-fold in the last decade alone....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
wind power is not going to be a good thing for the UK
I think the fight last night proved some of this. Boxing.
Did you see those pictures of all the private jets at Las Vegas’ airport? Can’t post them since they’re AP.
Obama and his FCC thugs are about to destroy and take over the Internet in 45 days:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3284804/posts
Internet and thought control begins in 45 days!
Center for Individual Freedom
UPDATE: The implementation of Barack Obama’s takeover of the Internet is less than 45 days away. And as Marsha Blackburn says, if Congress does not take action to stop Barack Obama, the government will “control the Internet” in a little over the month.
Maybe some new data compression methods?
Nuclear Power.
I missed it.
roflol
Looks like they'll need a bigger box.
These must be the same guys that warned about England’s power going out during the solar eclipse a few months ago.
Hehe! Is fun show.
Probably so. So he is talking about a crisis how many years from now?
Hmmm.
Don’t you love how they just dismiss all the massive, massive, massive increases in internet power over the years.
Thanks. Also like your tagline.
****all of Britain’s power supply could be consumed by internet use. ***
BURN MORE COAL!
Just remember not to type “Google” into Google.
Don’t forget - and the seas will rise by 1 foot, and the Arctic ice cap will melt...and... well you know the crap that is spewed by those that want money...
Anyway, back to the question. The WEB will NOT reach collapse because we, the people trying to keep up, will engineer a way to keep things going. It’s called progress and it is a real negative to the Progressives!
The only fear you should have is that the Progressives win elections and have their way...
“Did you see those pictures of all the private jets at Las Vegas’ airport? Can’t post them since they’re AP.”
It’s because of those private jets that I am awake now. My kids flight out was postponed three hours so those with their private planes can leave first.
Well, on the plus side, people will have a lot more time to ignore others face to face.
The Net is choking on JAVA pork, and many big corporate servers are dishing out other big wads of crud. They’ve also gone crazy with higher resolutions for videos.
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