U.S. Analyst Firm Warns Internet Gridlock By 2010; Estimates Upgrades To Cost $137b Globally

Mokena, IL (AHN) - United States-based analyst firm Nemertes Research on Saturday warned over the emerging internet gridlock by 2010 as it further noted that upgrading would cost around $137 billion globally.

In a report that was partly funded by the Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) which campaigns for universal broadband in the United States Nemertes expressed alarm on the alleged "drastic slowdown as the network struggles with the amount of data being carried on it."

"We must take the necessary steps to build out network capacity or potentially face internet gridlock that could wreak havoc on internet services," stressed Larry Irving, co-chairman of the IIA in a report by BBC News.

The report also predicted that in the next three years, Google and You Tube will surely be adversely affected by the slowdown, making it harder to download files online.

"For users, the slowdown could see a return to the bad old days of dial-up. The next Amazon, Google or YouTube might not arise, not from a lack of user demand but because of insufficient infrastructure preventing applications and companies emerging," the report concluded.