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USIIA Alert             May 1, 2007              Alert 07:04
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The following is an alert from the US Internet Industry 
Association, the nation's oldest and largest trade association 
for Internet commerce, content and connectivity. Information 
regarding USIIA can be found at http://www.usiia.org.


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USIIA Releases "The Exabyte Internet"
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The US Internet Industry Association (USIIA) today released 
“The Exabyte Internet,” a position paper that reviews the 
issue of a data “exaflood” that may threaten the use of the 
Internet by surpassing available capacity.  The paper examines 
the issue in context as well as its impact on consumers, 
businesses and network operators.

The paper notes that the Exabyte Internet promises to bring 
new services, applications and opportunities to both consumers 
and businesses in America, but it will not do so automatically.  
In addition to investments in additional infrastructure and 
capacity, there will need to be innovations in core technologies, 
innovations in network management, flexible strategic plans 
and a national broadband policy that supports investment and 
innovation over regulation and a continuation of the status 
quo.

Public policy related to broadband and the Internet is also 
seen to have significant impact on America’s ability to manage 
the growing amount of data that will transit the Internet each 
year.  The paper suggests that four general policies are needed 
to assure the necessary growth of the Internet: a better 
understanding of the data; a more realistic view of the 
Internet infrastructure; a “light hand” regulatory approach; 
and a focus on investment as the national priority.  

A copy of the white paper may be found at http://www.usiia.org.