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The Internet infrastructure is constantly being upgraded to handle the rapidly increasing use of the Internet. Many servers operate at 56 Kpbs. In addition, the Internet backbone has grown in an unplanned fashion and a connection may see 20 or more routers, creating significant delay, and for TCP connections, bandwidth throttling. However, a great deal of work is underway to (1) increase server access speeds, (2) improve backbone and NAP bandwidth, (3) increase router speeds, and (4) introduce ATM into the backbone for much lower latency. Furthermore, many Internet service providers will implement proxy or cache servers for frequently visited web pages, creating local access at least for these pages. |
