Maturing net growing more slowly
After years of huge increases, the rate at which net traffic is growing is slowing down, say analysts.
During 2004 the amount of net traffic travelling on backbone cables between nations grew by 104%, reported the consultancy Telegeography.
By contrast in 2005 the growth slumped to a less stellar 49%.
Telegeography said the change could be the result of a global slowdown in the numbers of people signing up for high-speed net services.
Currently the amount of traffic flowing between nations is approximately one terabit per second. If growth rates hold up this is likely to hit three terabits per second by 2008.
Much of the growth over the last few years has come about because of the rise in the popularity of file-sharing that encourages people to swap and share large media files.
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