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That can't be true, because I have been hearing for at least 10 years that the "internet" will reach capacity within a year, 18 months on the outside.
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It enables the entire printed collection of the Library of Congress to be downloaded in just over one second; every man, woman and child in China to make a video call, simultaneously; and every motion picture ever created to be streamed in less than four minutes.

Until it reaches your shitty Time Warner Cable pipe.
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GORDON wrote:That can't be true, because I have been hearing for at least 10 years that the "internet" will reach capacity within a year, 18 months on the outside.
Well, just because the routers can route all the traffic in the world doesn't mean there's pipes to carry it.
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TheCatt wrote:
GORDON wrote:That can't be true, because I have been hearing for at least 10 years that the "internet" will reach capacity within a year, 18 months on the outside.
Well, just because the routers can route all the traffic in the world doesn't mean there's pipes to carry it.
Just making a point, like the scientific paper from the 1800's that said world food production would peak with 20 years and we were all gonna die.

The pipes to carry the internet will be there when they are needed, otherwise they lose customers. Or alternatives will be found/become economically viable.

Then it hits Time Warner's shitty network.
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