[Chapter-delegates] Article in The New York Times

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Dear Sabrina, all,

in discussion last evening during the IETF Plenary, this article was 
mentioned. The discussion was following the presentations about video and 
TV over the Internet by two invited speakers. Probably the memory-sticking 
points are:

1. video and TV are taking up about 50% of Internet traffic already, and 
this fraction is growing. The rates of growth are discussed but somewhere 
around 50-55% per year.

2. different ways to provide this video are being explored and none is 
find satisfactory by all experts (peer-to-peer and multicasting are among 
the examples.)

3. in the US there is a lack of sufficient investment in broadband; "lack" 
or "insufficiency" are defined with respect to expectations for traffic 
and services that will be required, and in comparison too a few (Northern) 
economies in Europe and Asia.

4. lesson/message to chapters outside the North: let's look at our 
countries' infrastructures and make sure we press for a sufficient build 
of bandwidth at accessible prices and all the way to the users. This was 
not said.

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty


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On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:

> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:01:04 +0000
> From: Sabrina Wilmot <wilmot at isoc.org>
> To: Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Article in The New York Times
> 
> Dear Colleagues
>
> There is an article in today's "New York Times" with a quote from Fred
> Baker (board member of the Internet Society):
>
> "Video Road Hogs Stir Fear of Internet Traffic Jam"
> By STEVE LOHR
> Caution: Heavy Internet traffic ahead. Delays possible.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/13/technology/13net.html
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Best regards,
> Sabrina Wilmot
> ISOC
>
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