[IP] GAO on Internet congestion during pandemic

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "Akin, David (Canwest News Service)" <DAkin@canwest.com>
Date: October 26, 2009 8:22:17 PM EDT
To: <dave@farber.net>
Subject: GAO on Internet congestion during pandemic

Hi Dave --

Thought you and IPers would be interested in reviewing this:

The Government Accountability Office gave itself what you might think  
is an
esoteric question: If a global pandemic like the H1N1 flu forces a whole
pile of to stay home and telecommute using our home Internet services,  
could
the Internet handle the extra traffic and, more importantly, could  
financial
markets continue to function given their dependency on the  
availability of
plenty of bandwidth?

The answer: No and yes.

GAO Report [PDF] http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-8


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