| This article provides useful, detailed | | | | of 1Mbps. Such collection of technologies is |
| information about Internet Traffic Builder. | | | | called broadband, and different modes of |
| | | | transmission are Digital Subscriber Lines, |
| Currently, Internet traffic is about one | | | | cable, wireless, and satellite. |
| trillion bits per second, and with the kind | | | | |
| of growth it may reach three tbps by 2008. | | | | Internet traffic can be increased by |
| The popularity of the Internet increased with | | | | improving the performance of the Internet. |
| the increase in free file-sharing networks, | | | | The bottlenecks present in the system can be |
| which enabled sharing of files such as | | | | worked upon. Multicast protocols that |
| movies, video clips, and games. Peer-to-peer | | | | transmit data and video applications from one |
| networks and virtual private networks have | | | | to many are very useful in pushing the |
| also contributed to the traffic. | | | | information relatively easily. The optimal |
| | | | bandwidth consumption achieved by reducing |
| Internet traffic is built upon an | | | | redundant transmission of web documents and |
| infrastructure consisting of individual | | | | improving the indexing capabilities will |
| computers, routers, and the Internet | | | | increase the Internet traffic. |
| backbone. With the advancement in technology, | | | | |
| the Internet is available in mobile | | | | The maturity of the Internet traffic is also |
| applications such as mobile phones and PDAs. | | | | due to the stability of the prices of the |
| The speed of the Internet backbone is limited | | | | broadband. Hence, efficient pricing |
| by traditional carriers such as telephone | | | | mechanisms that optimize the cost to bit |
| lines, where the maximum speed was 256 kbps. | | | | ratio by service providers will push public |
| This slowed down the traffic and resulted in | | | | into adoption of broadband technologies. |
| a great deal of congestion. | | | | Security mechanisms to prevent the hacking of |
| | | | networks, which can completely halt Internet |
| High-speed-transmission technologies enabled | | | | traffic, need to be given high priority by |
| the processing capabilities by compressing | | | | software manufacturers. |
| data, which resulted in transmission speeds | | | | |