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