Continuous growth of the Internet traffic is expected

During the period with 2007 for 2012 the Internet traffic volume will annually increase by 46 percent, the Tape with the reference on TechRadar writes .

Representatives Cisco are assured, that shortly for measurement of volumes of the web traffic it is necessary to use eksabaytyi (one eksabayt is equal to billion gigabaytov), and after 2012 - zettabaytyi (one zettabayt is equal to billion gigabaytov).

The main reasons of growth of volume of the traffic are potokovoe HD-video and appendices web 2.0.

Accrding to the data received Cisco, now video makes 22 percent of all Internet traffic. In 2006 this indicator was equal to 12 percent. It is expected, that by the end of a current year video share in the Internet traffic will reach 32 percent.

However these data do not consider traffic R2R-setej in which, by estimations Cisco, it is monthly transmitted 600 million gigabayt video that corresponds more than to 120 million DVD-disks.