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Level -> The End of the Internet? (4/25/2008 9:26:54 PM)
quote: Doom-filled warnings arrive from AT&T this week. The company says that without substantial investment in network infrastructure, the Internet will essentially run out of bandwidth in just two short years. Blame broadband, says AT&T. Decades of dealing with the trickle of bandwidth consumed by voice and dialup modems left AT&T twiddling its thumbs. The massive rise of DSL and cable modem service in the 2000s has had AT&T facing a monstrous increase in the volume of data transmissions. And that's set to increase another 50 times between now and 2015. That's enough, says AT&T, to all but crash the system. http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/90339 I can't remember if this has been posted or not, so....

Lordandmaster -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/25/2008 9:38:24 PM)
Ah yes, AT&T, the most disinterested and self-sacrificing organization on the planet.

pagansub77 -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/25/2008 9:51:13 PM)
<FR> This is the end... http://www.weirdity.com/internet/eoti.html ps77

SugarMyChurro -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/25/2008 10:00:12 PM)
Well, to that I reply with the injury to the eye motif: [sm=stickineye.gif] This is what I'm having for breakfast tomorrow: [sm=coffee.gif]

lronitulstahp -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/25/2008 10:09:00 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Level quote: Doom-filled warnings arrive from AT&T this week. The company says that without substantial investment in network infrastructure, the Internet will essentially run out of bandwidth in just two short years. Blame broadband, says AT&T. Decades of dealing with the trickle of bandwidth consumed by voice and dialup modems left AT&T twiddling its thumbs. The massive rise of DSL and cable modem service in the 2000s has had AT&T facing a monstrous increase in the volume of data transmissions. And that's set to increase another 50 times between now and 2015. That's enough, says AT&T, to all but crash the system. http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/90339 I can't remember if this has been posted or not, so.... Did anyone else see the South Park episode where the internet goes out? Classic! http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/166186/?searchterm=internet And before anyone else says it...yes, it is immature... but brilliant!

dcnovice -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/25/2008 10:10:57 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pagansub77 <FR> This is the end... http://www.weirdity.com/internet/eoti.html ps77 I prefer http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm

GimpinDenial -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/25/2008 11:10:47 PM)
heh... just because AT&T can't handle the broadband issues...doesn't mean the end of the internet will come.. servers (commercial or private) is what keeps the internet strong and the www booming it would be like saying that Starbucks was going bankrupt would mean the end of overpriced coffee (this is not a flame to the OP, but to the reporters who originally wrote the stories)

shallowdeep -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/25/2008 11:14:26 PM)
Commentary on AT&T's comments: Analysis: AT&T fear-mongering on 'net capacity mostly FUD More general look at the issue of internet capacity: The coming exaflood, and why it won't drown the Internet

NeedToUseYou -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/25/2008 11:53:42 PM)
LOL, I guess AT&T doesn't want to be in the internet business if they can't cope with it. Does anyone here think Google,Microsoft,Yahoo,Ebay,Amazon,Apple, would just sit idly by and let the net choke, that would be a bigger financial disaster than a Bear Stearns meltdown, by far. It simply won't happen, and there is zero excuse for it to happen, I read an article a few weeks ago about dark fiber, which is fiber that is already buried, just not used, most of it is from the heady days of the dotcoms, that went crash. It's just laying there waiting to be hooked up. If necessary that can be tapped, more cable laid, AT&T isn't even necessary, and they shouldn't act like they are, they can be replaced. A Google is more important than AT&T in this day and age, it's about time they accept there diminished role in the world. Yeah, it'd take a few years to replace AT&T but it would happen, and if they aren't willing to expand their network, they aren't going to be "the leader", because someone else will. Bury some more cable bitch(AT&T), or get the fuck out of the way.

FullCircle -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/26/2008 4:01:57 AM)
The cost of the internet will go up as people join exclusive work groups and share information with only people on those groups. That is how I see the future, which is just as bleak. The technology can be used to create segregation of the highway, thus fewer people have access to all information. It may even turn into a national only system in places such as China where they already restrict the sites people can visit and doctor the search results. Your portal to the internet is the search Engine so if it only returns results based on the locations you are permitted to visit, the situation will be handled.

SugarMyChurro -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/26/2008 11:40:45 AM)
I'm going wireless mesh and block all you fuckers out! [;)]

gremlin96 -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/26/2008 12:46:16 PM)
(AT&T) just rased there prices. with that note I am looking for a new isp. just so happens I can get rid of the phone and still have internet. we have wifi and cable. looks like I will be changing my service.

Alumbrado -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/26/2008 4:44:10 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: FullCircle The cost of the internet will go up as people join exclusive work groups and share information with only people on those groups. That is how I see the future, which is just as bleak. The technology can be used to create segregation of the highway, thus fewer people have access to all information.... Yep.... I've never thought that the internet as we know it now would remain affordable and accesible forever.

batshalom -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/26/2008 7:28:48 PM)
Maybe Al is working on a newer better faster version this time. It might be worth another peace prize. (As if people will hold still for an end to the internet. We can have famine, war, death by invisible vampires ... but don't mess with our cable tv or the internet.) The sad thing is that we know what's coming ("We need to charge you more in order to develop better technology") when the economy is already horrible.

MissSCD -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/26/2008 8:14:35 PM)
*You know what, I am passing this one.* *Regards, MissSCD*

MusicalBoredom -> RE: The End of the Internet? (4/26/2008 8:53:48 PM)
Sadly AT&T is sort of correct. They are not talking about what they provide to end users, so telling them that if they can't compete then get out of the way is really not the correct issue. Internet Service Providers such as DSL, Cable or Wireless simply provide bandwidth to the household or business. Those providers have to connect to a Tier-1 provider to allow access to the actual content and services which are connected to other providers. In other words your local cable company may provide you with service but they can only connect you directly to your next door neighbor not to Google or CollarMe. The problem is that the local providers don't want to pay for the extra bandwidth they need to give their customers the promised connectivity. They sell you a specific speed to your house but that is all they promise, not that speed all the way across the internet. For example they bought a fixed bandwidth to the internet that satisfied the original needs of their customers. As those same customers started using video and voice which takes up much more of the available bandwidth the ISPs didn't expand their connection to the internet to keep up with the expanded usage. The result is slower usage for all of their customers. So the problem isn't the Tier 1 providers, it's our local ISPs. If they don't expand their outward connections then the internet won't be usable. In today's "all that matters is this quarter's profits" mentality they aren't willing to cut quarterly profits to insure the future of their customer base.

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