Could ever-growing video content on the web cause an Internet overload?

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Could ever-growing video content on the web cause an Internet overload?

By PAT BAILEY

The Huffington Post is an Internet newspaper. Recently the publication released an article that suggested the abundance of web video is too much information, and the Internet may soon be overloaded.

That article suggests that user demand for the Internet could outpace network capacity by 2011. However, local computer and Internet experts suggest that to be false, and say that as long as technology changes the Internet will never overload.

Chris Urban is a computer science professor at SUNYIT. He says that as long as new technologies are developed at the same place they are today, the Internet will stay as fast and effective as it is right now.

The Huffington Post article suggested that with websites like YouTube, too much content, mainly video with too much bandwidth, is being uploaded everyday.

Urban says that theory is accurate if the web and technology surrounding it were to stop advancing forward.

However he says that's not the case and in just a few years the advancement in technology and capabilities will be something you won't believe.

"You're not going to be limited to 'I'm in a WiFi spot, and I get some limited capability,'" said Chris Urban of the Computer Science Department at SUNYIT. "You're going to be able to drive between New York and Buffalo and not lose connection, and have broadband capability and be able to surf the net."

In summary, Urban says as the use of technology moves forward, and technology gets better and as bandwidth gets broader, the demand gets greater, leaving techies no choice but to come up with new technology to help keep up.

One example of how the Internet could and will get faster - with a fiber line. Most of us have an Ethernet cord at home connecting our modem to our computer. That Ethernet cord has copper in it. However, Urban and other computer experts think that cord will soon be replaced with a fiber line, allowing for more and faster content to your PC.

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