Internet traffic growth slowing, but still grows 53% in 2007

Despite prognostications that the Internet is about to collapse from the weight of traffic growth — especially video — international Internet traffic grew 53% between mid-2007 and mid-2008, down from 61% the preceding year, according to a market research firm.For the second consecutive year, total international Internet capacity grew faster than total Internet traffic, leading to lower utilization levels on many Internet backbones, according to market tracker TeleGeography. Between 2007 and 2008, average traffic utilization levels decreased from 31 percent to 29 percent, while peak utilization fell from 44 percent to 43 percent, the firm found.
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http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1348563167Internet traffic grows 53 percent from mid-2007 [AP]
International Internet traffic kept growing in the last year, but at a slower rate than before, and carriers more than kept pace by adding more capacity, a research firm said Wednesday.The findings by TeleGeography Research are important because some U.S. Internet service providers say they are struggling with the expansion of online traffic, and are imposing monthly download limits on heavy users. The figures from TeleGeography don’t exactly correlate to average Internet usage by U.S. households, but give an indication of wider trends.TeleGeography said traffic grew 53 percent from mid-2007 to mid-2008, down from a growth rate of 61 percent in the previous 12 months.
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http://news.smh.com.au/technology/internet-traffic-grows-53-percent-from-mid2007-20080904-491h.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TEC_TECHBIT_INTERNET_CAPACITY
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090302365.html