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Global Network Traffic on the
Internet and You
Nearly everyone now knows that the WWW (World Wide Web)
means the Internet. Everyone also recognizes that you can
access websites throughout the U.S. and around the world.
What everyone doesn't commonly know is how the Internet
operates. Most people just want quick access to information
without understanding how the information flows. This flow
is affected by traffic. Basically, when more people are
trying to get to the same location at the same time, this
traffic is slower. Similarly, less traffic means a smoother
and faster travel time. Not surprisingly then, peak rush
hour slows this flow and the increased volume of highway
users can create an accident or even bring the traffic to a
complete halt.
The same principles apply with the Internet. Heavy traffic
anywhere in the system can slow down response if the web
site that you are accessing is experiencing heavy traffic
or if there are any delays on the route to that web site.
Needless to say, any equipment malfunctions along the route
can slow response or require that your information take
another route that may be slower. Now the time intervals
involved are just fractions of a second but over distances,
the seconds can add up to costly delays for those
businesses who have become dependent upon the Internet for
all or a large part of their revenue.
A watchful eye on the traffic conditions and progressions in
Internet speed are closely kept by businesses that rely on a
speedy Internet and by Internet service providers. The
latest trends in Internet speed and dependability can be
viewed from
http://www.internettrafficreport.com - a site
with real-time reports as the changes happen. An update on
this information is given at this site every five minutes.
What can you find out about global Internet traffic through
this traffic report? The site tracks speed trends in North
and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. In Africa,
there are not currently enough Internet routers, the
computers that determine where a message is sent along the
Internet to go from sender to receiver, for calculating a
meaningful traffic value. The traffic index that is shown
for each continent is a number from 0 (slow) to 100 (fast).
In addition, the site gives the average response time in
fractions of a second of test messages that it routinely
sends out onto the Internet. If you become frustrated at
the speed of your Internet response, take yourself to this
site and find out that response times in North America are
twice as fast as response times in South America, Europe and
Australia and three and a half times faster than Asia.
A quick travel into Internet Traffic Report online will
surely strengthen the fact that the great World Wide Web is
making grounds on its mission to unify the world and link
users to each other across the planet. For many developing
nations, the Internet is a convenient mode of traffic that
is quick and very reliable.
Copyright 2005 Riki Trafford. All rights reserved.
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