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Inspired by: corporate press » Overload of Transmission Capacities due to Increasing Data Traffic

version: 1 / created: 2010-08-09
id: #954 / version id: #954
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Originally submitted by: Sivert von Saldern
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Source of inspiration

Corporate Press (e.g. AFP, BBC, CNN)

The source of the Weak Signal is

Welt Online

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)
Overload of Transmission Capacities due to Increasing Data Traffic

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
The data traffic caused by the internet is continuously increasing. Data-intensive applications as audio and video live streams become increasingly popular. In addition, the total number of internet users that have access to broadband connections is steadily growing. Scientists are already warning a possible overload of transmission capacaties in 2013.

Keywords

internet infrastructure, data, data traffic, braodband connections, data transmission

Mini-description

(max. 250 characters)
The data traffic caused by the internet is continuously increasing. Scientists are already warning a possible overload of transmission capacaties in 2013.

Signal's first apperance

2005-now

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...
issue type of issue/development potential impact on society timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1 a breakdown of the internet new/emerging
 		harmful
 		now-2025
#2 a considerable decrease of data transmission speed with vast impacts on work life and media coverage new/emerging
 		harmful
 		now-2025

Importance

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Level 4: important for the whole world

Filters preventing the signal's monitoring

information/communicational filters (media/editorial interests, language, reasoning)
economic filters (business/market interests)
scientific filters (knowledge/technology access)

Key driving forces of this signal

Please use these boxes to provide up to 2 drivers of HIGH importance. Click on HELP to see examples:
Driver 1 Driver 2
Social Increased usage of data intensive web applications such as social networks, audio and video streams growing number of people having broadband connections
Economic growing usage of the internet in all business fields

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

where? please justify:
particularly relevant Europe world
Behavioural change
Social exclusion & poverty
Innovation dynamics

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

please justify:
particularly relevant
ICT - Information & communication technologies
Research infrastructures