Last year, the growth of the Internet backbone slowed dramatically as network providers around the globe, including KPNQwest, Carrier1 and Energis, reduced bandwidth capacity and, in some cases, brought down certain data pipelines altogether. Since the birth of the Web browser, international Internet bandwidth had doubled each year — until last year’s mere 30 percent increase, a massive decline from 2001’s run-up rate of almost 200 percent.
The New World of Global Internet Expansion
Posted by: Gene J. Koprowski July 23, 2003 02:40 PMLast year, the growth of the Internet backbone slowed dramatically as network providers around the globe, including KPNQwest, Carrier1 and Energis, reduced bandwidth capacity and, in some cases, brought down certain data pipelines altogether. Since the birth of the Web browser, international Internet bandwidth had doubled each year — until last year’s mere 30 percent increase, a massive decline from 2001’s run-up rate of almost 200 percent.