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GAO on Internet congestion during pandemic
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:31:41 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "Akin, David (Canwest News Service)" <DAkin () canwest com> Date: October 26, 2009 8:22:17 PM EDT To: <dave () farber net> Subject: GAO on Internet congestion during pandemic Hi Dave -- Thought you and IPers would be interested in reviewing this:The Government Accountability Office gave itself what you might think is an
esoteric question: If a global pandemic like the H1N1 flu forces a wholepile of to stay home and telecommute using our home Internet services, could the Internet handle the extra traffic and, more importantly, could financial markets continue to function given their dependency on the availability of
plenty of bandwidth? The answer: No and yes. GAO Report [PDF] http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-8 -- -- DAVID AKIN --------------- National Affairs Correspondent CANWEST NEWS SERVICE --------------- Mobile: +1 613 355 5347 Direct: +1 613 369 4879 --------------- E-mail: dakin () canwest com Blog: http://davidakin.blogware.com Twitter: @davidakin ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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