Re: "IP networks will feel traffic pain in 2009" (C|Net & Cisco)

[Marshall Eubanks <tme () multicasttech com>]

On Jan 20, 2009, at 6:31 PM, bmanning () vacation karoshi com wrote:

> > "Cisco VNI projections indicate that IP traffic will increase at a  
> > combined
> > annual growth rate (CAGR) of 46 percent from 2007 to 2012, nearly  
> > doubling
> > every two years. This will result in an annual bandwidth demand on  
> > the
> > world's IP networks of approximately 522 exabytes2, or more than  
> > half a
> > zettabyte."
> >
> > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-10145480-62.html
>
> duh...
>
> from a much earlier thread...
>
>
> > > that lesson is, the installed base is meaningless, and how we did it
> > > before is meaningless, all that matters is getting growth right.
> > >
> > >       Mike O'dell...  Mo's Law.  1994
> >
> > I believe the quote is What installed base?
> >
> > /vijay
>
>
>         to play devils advocate, how much impact does caching have
>         on the total traffic flow anyway?

Less and less would be my estimate. How much video is cached ? How  
much P2P is cached ?

Regards
Marshall

> --bill