Internet Services Will be Worth Nearly $1 Trillion by 2012, Says Report (CircleID)

Internet Services Will be Worth Nearly $1 Trillion by 2012, Says Report (CircleID)
According to a report by the research firm Yankee Group, the global market for high-speed Internet services will be worth nearly $1 trillion by 2012. The broadband market, which includes revenue from services to consumers and businesses, as well as the amount spent on equipment for the underlying infrastructure, is currently worth $590 billion, according to the report.

Internet bandwidth good internationally, not in U.S. (Geek.com)
There has been a growing concern that the growth in Internet traffic could outgrow the Internet’s capacity. According to TeleGeography, there was a 53% growth in international Internet traffic between mid-2007 and mid-2008, but the traffic is still down from 61% the preceding year. That being said, there was still an increase of traffic of [...]

Comcast Seeks Reversal of FCC on Internet Management (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Comcast Corp. , the second-biggest U.S. high-speed Internet service provider, asked a court to overturn a Federal Communications Commission ruling that it violated policies intended to keep the Internet open.

Comcast Sues FCC Over Internet Traffic Order: Report (Fox News)
Comcast Sues FCC Over Internet Traffic Order: Report

Midday Glance: Internet companies (Boston Globe)
Shares of some top internet companies are down at noon: Akamai Technologies fell $.69 or 3.4 percent, to $19.74.

Early Glance: Internet companies (Boston Globe)
Shares of some top internet companies are mixed at 10 a.m.: Akamai Technologies fell $.30 or 1.5 percent, to $20.13.

Cablevision finishes first phase of wireless Internet service (Asbury Park Press)
Cablevision Systems Corp., one of the largest cable-TV providers in Monmouth and Ocean counties, finished the first phase of a $300 million wireless Internet network, a step that could give it an edge over telephone companies invading its territory.

Meyer cans novel after internet leak (The West Australian)
Best-selling author Stephenie Meyer has abandoned work on her latest novel, Midnight Sun, after an unfinished draft was leaked on the internet.

Internet traffic expands by 53% from mid-2007 (USA Today)
International Internet traffic kept growing in the last year, but at a slower rate than before, and carriers more than kept pace by adding more capacity, a research firm said Wednesday.