How video threatens networks

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Apr 21, 20081 min

Apple’s iPhone now accounts for more mobile Web traffic than any other device in the U.S., but the issue of whether or not Web-enabled wireless devices will overwhelm cellular and Wi-Fi networks is about to come to a head.

“Of course, it’s not just the iPhone,” Ephraim Schwartz points out in The iPhone video threat: Can networks keep up? A whole host of ultraportable devices, in fact, adds to the ways in which users can wirelessly access the Web.

‘The issue is not Web access, per se. Instead, it’s access through the Internet to video and other multimedia content, which newer devices make such a simple and enjoyable experience.”

Ultimately, paying for more capacity may become a necessity.