Andrew Odlyzko is the leading researcher of demand for bandwidth on the Internet. While some have been talking about explosive growth, he's quietly and continually shown through his research that while at one point the Internet was doubling, that at...

Posted by Geoff Daily on June 10, 2008 7:53 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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Last week I had the opportunity to attend an Internet Innovation Alliance Symposium at the Waldorf-Astoria called "The Exaflood - Finding Solutions." It consisted of a pair of panels stocked with industry luminaries discussing the reality and challenges of the...

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You'd think with the amount of attention I've spent tracking the exaflood that there'd be little left to surprise me in terms of new news on the growing demand for bandwidth and storage, but you'd have thought wrong. A new...

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In my continuing adventures transitioning to watching all my TV online, over the weekend I had one of the starkest reminders yet of that cresting wave of the exaflood and how today's broadband isn't prepared to handle it. On Friday...

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It's time again for everyone's favorite, the Broadband Article Roundup! Here are some of the stories I've found interesting over the last week for your reading pleasure: "U2 3D" Brings Hyperreal Arena Rock to the Multiplex This story is about...

Posted by Geoff Daily on January 22, 2008 10:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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I've come across another angle through which to consider the amount of bandwidth needed to support a 21st century society. This article highlights how upgraded telescope sensors are providing the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project with a 500-fold increase...

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I've written about the exaflood more than once in the past, about how we're facing an oncoming explosion of demand for bandwidth to support all sorts of broadband applications. Most recently I wrote about the need to stop talking about...

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In the past I've shared my reservations about the exaflood, but what's surprised me over the last few months is how resistant many parties still are to accepting the fact that, like it or not, demand for bandwidth is increasing...

Posted by Geoff Daily on December 10, 2007 7:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)
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As all bargain hunters know, the day after Thanksgiving--dubbed Black Friday--is the biggest retail shopping day of the year. People line up early and stampede into stores for what are often the best deals of the holiday shopping season. This...

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Over the weekend I began to yet again have new thoughts about the exaflood. As loyal readers know, I’ve written in the past about my personal struggles coming to accept the exaflood messaging, wondering if the images it invokes are...

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Came across a trio of articles highlighting different discussions about a similar topic: the importance and vulnerability of the Internet. "The Internet wasn't designed for people to watch television," he says. "I know because I designed it." This quote came...

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Thousands of people standing in line at midnight across the country. A million pre-orders waiting to be shipped. A cultural phenomenon has launched in the gaming world: the release of Halo 3. For my non-gaming readers, Halo is an incredibly...

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Much has been made about the oncoming exaflood of Internet traffic, which threatens to overwhelm broadband networks, but at least one pundit is wondering what all the fuss is about. Andrew Odlyzko, director of the University of Minnesota's Digital Technology...

Posted by Geoff Daily on September 21, 2007 8:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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Because of my traveling travails I missed the many interesting sessions on Monday, but luckily the Broadband Properties Summit had a lot more great content in store for me! The first session I attended was a Tuesday morning blue ribbon...

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Fantastic article on Read/Write Web about future web trends written by Richard McManus. In it he cites ten trends he believes will be most noteworthy over the next decade. Included in these are: virtual worlds, websites as web services, and...

Posted by Geoff Daily on September 7, 2007 11:33 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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When I first heard the term "exaflood" a few months back, I hated it. The absolute last thing I'd ever want the explosive growth of the Internet be compared to is a natural disaster.

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