Videos Have Net Bursting At the Seams

Those amusing YouTube video clips that Internet users send to friends gobble up large chunks of bandwidth and may cause the Net to crash, some elements of the telecom industry warn. It’s an admonition many dismiss as political posturing intended to dissuade lawmakers from restricting the freedom of phone companies to manage Internet traffic as they wish.

Hah! We knew this had to catch up to us someday. The problem is, the growing popularity of these videos greatly outweighs the advance of new technology to battle it. Onward to Internet 2!

Source: Chicago Tribune