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[ NNSquad ] GAO on Internet congestion during pandemic
----- Forwarded message from David Farber <dave@farber.net> ----- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:31:41 -0400 From: David Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] GAO on Internet congestion during pandemic Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> 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 whole pile 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 ----- End forwarded message -----