http://www.circleid.com/ Postings from Dave Burstein on CircleID en Copyright 2008, unless where otherwise noted. 2008-06-20T11:01:01-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/86201_cisco_p2p_flat_in_north_america http://www.circleid.com/posts/86201_cisco_p2p_flat_in_north_america More...]]> 2008-06-20T11:01:01-08:00 http://www.circleid.com/posts/84103_overloading_the_internet http://www.circleid.com/posts/84103_overloading_the_internet article (and a similar one in the Guardian) are based on dangerous misinformation. The net isn't slowing down, and nearly no technical experts believe major "overload" problems likely on the backhaul, core, or decent local loop... Net traffic per user, as documented by Odlyzko and Cisco, has been growing at about 35-40% the last five years, and that growth rate is flat and possibly down the last two years. The net has been able to handle the increase without price increases, much less overload, because the primary and rate limiting equipment (switches, routers, WDM, etc.) have simultaneously been going down at a similar 35-40%. Moore's Law is bringing costs down and capacity up at a remarkable rate. More...]]> 2008-04-10T17:15:00-08:00