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Traffic Flow On The Global Network That Moves For You
by Riki Trafford
http://www.1dmom.com
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.
When you apply this scenario to Internet traffic flow, you
can see how traffic speed and flow affects the great WWW.
Heavy Internet traffic slows down system response and causes
delays along routes to a particular website. Another
influence in traffic speed and flow is equipment
malfunctions. These malfunctions slow the loading of your
website and may even take you along alternative routes to
get to your final destination. Of course, these
interruptions are no more than a fraction of a second. But,
when you add up these small intervals of time over large
distances, you are facing costly delays ~ especially for any
business world that relies on the Internet for a large part
of their revenue.
Internet service providers and businesses that are dependent
on the speed of the Internet keep a watchful eye on the
traffic conditions and current speed of the Internet.
One place where anyone can view the latest trends in
Internet speed and reliability as they are occurring in
real-time is at the Internet site
http://internettrafficreport.com. The information available
on the site is updated every five minutes.
Do traffic reports really let you know
what's going on
around the global Internet highway? At Internet Traffic
Report's website, you'll find the tracking speeds in Europe,
Australia, Asia, North America and South America. Africa's
tracking speeds are not recorded since the continent doesn't
have enough routers to accurately report a message's speed
and route as it goes from a sender to a receiver, which is
how a meaningful traffic value is calculated. Each
continent in this report uses a traffic index that goes from
0 (which is the lowest rating) to 100 (which is the fastest
rating). This site also reports the average response time,
by fractions of a second, for test messages that the site
routinely sends out into the Internet. When you're tempted
to start complaining about your slow Internet speed, check
out the site for response time in North America. North
America's response time is on average double the fastness of
South America, Europe and Australia's speed. Also, North
America's traffic speed is triple the quickness of Asia's.
A speedy trip into Internet Traffic Report online will
definitely strengthen your view on how great the World Wide
Web is at unifying the world and linking everyone across the
planet. For the several developing nations of the world,
the Internet is a traffic guru that is quick and reliable.
Copyright 2005 Riki Trafford. All rights reserved.
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Riki Trafford is the webmaster of RC
Marketing
which offers low cost keyword-targeted web traffic.
For comments and questions visit his archive of articles:
http://www.1dmom.com/archive/
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