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.

Applying this principle to the Internet helps you understand
how traffic flows around the WWW affect your travel speed.
Heavy traffic will slow down the system~s response. Also,
heavy traffic will cause delays along the path to your web
site destination. Naturally, equipment malfunctions along
your travel route will slow your website uptake and maybe
even send you along an alternative path toward your final
destination. Granted, these slower uptakes or detours may
be only short intervals of time ~ a fraction of a second.
However, when you add up these short periods of time over
great distances, you are looking at costly delays,
especially in the business world that depends on the
Internet for a big 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 trip to this site will reinforce the fact that the
World Wide Web is succeeding in its mission to unify the
world and link people to each other across all the
continents. For the developed nations of the world, this
service is quick and reliable.

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