Superpipe Revolution: Global IP traffic to increase four times in next 5 years

Global IP traffic has increased eight-fold in the last five years and will increase at least another four-fold in the next five.

By Hitesh Raj Bhagat, | Feb 23, 2013, 04.31 AM IST

When broadband speed becomes fodder for prime-time ads, you know the internet has well and truly arrived. Global IP traffic has increased eight-fold in the last five years and will increase at least another four-fold in the next five. Hitesh Raj Bhagat takes stock of a few new pipes that promise unheard of speeds and devices that just can’t get enough of a fix.