Internet Brownout?
September 3, 2010
Perhaps it is the summer heat in Harrod’s Creek? Maybe it is careless or poorly trained workers? Maybe it is stray bullets from avid squirrel hunters. Internet connectivity in rural Kentucky has been lousy. I may not be alone in this de-connected space for much longer.
There’s growing congestion on one of America’s highways, and reports say the problem will only get worse. In the past few years, America’s technological network has gone from hare to tortoise. Seekingalpha.com explores this issue in its article titled “Traffic Jam On The Information Superhighway”. The article says “one of the main causes of the congestion is the exponential growth of smartphones,” and the iPhone 4G “uses hundreds of times more network capacity than older phones.”
The article see the global build out as a huge investment opportunity. Much of the problem is yet to come–as more people in the developing world join the broadband and mobile communities, immense strains will be placed on the global network over the next few years. We’ll be watching this story closely if the cable television signal stabilizes. Tough to surf or be a couch French fry when the pipes are not working. Grrrr.
Stephen E Arnold, September 3, 2010
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