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Internet traffic jams are widespread in the US, and are probably about to get a lot worse

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  Internet traffic jams are widespread in the US, and are probably about to get a lot worse Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-11-01 03:28 +0000
    Re: Internet traffic jams are widespread in the US, and are probably about to get a lot worse RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-11-03 19:47 +0000

#5491 — Internet traffic jams are widespread in the US, and are probably about to get a lot worse

http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/31/7138449/m-lab-netflix-comcast-verizon-isp-business-dispute-congestion-traffic-interconnection

   Earlier this week the research consortium M-Lab released a big report on
   the way data moves through the guts of our internet infrastructure. It
   focused on interconnection points, the shared equipment nodes where
   different networks exchange data so that it can move around the world
   and into your home. What it showed was that business disputes - between
   transit ISPs like Cogent and Level, which carry data around the world,
   and access ISPs like Verizon and Comcast, which carry it the last mile
   to your home - were having a dramatic effect on the ability of many
   American consumers and businesses to access the internet, reducing the
   flow of data to the point where even basic tasks like email would be
   slow or impossible.

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On 2014-11-01, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>
>  Earlier this week the research consortium M-Lab released a big report on
>  the way data moves through the guts of our internet infrastructure. It
>  focused on interconnection points, the shared equipment nodes where
>  different networks exchange data so that it can move around the world
>  and into your home. What it showed was that business disputes - between
>  transit ISPs like Cogent and Level, which carry data around the world,
>  and access ISPs like Verizon and Comcast, which carry it the last mile
>  to your home - were having a dramatic effect on the ability of many
>  American consumers and businesses to access the internet, reducing the
>  flow of data to the point where even basic tasks like email would be
>  slow or impossible.
>

The race for development (economic) by improvements to infrastructure
goes unchanged whether its competition in road networks or transport
networks or data networks.  The USA, by choosing to favor its
oligopolies at the expense of true investment, has chosen to delay
improvements and therefore to let its competitors get an advantage.

Someday the consequences will become obvious.  But the USA will be an
unskilled labor pool for the Chinese by then.

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