Abstract :
Over the past decade, many observers have claimed that the Internet brings the information revolution´s components together in a way that will rival the industrial revolution´s effects on human productivity and quality of life. The paper discusses an economically scalable Internet, including bandwidth resources, quality of service, users´ quality of experience, scalability and multicast-enabled distribution.
Keywords :
Internet; multicast communication; quality of service; bandwidth resources; economically scalable Internet; information revolution; multicast-enabled distribution; quality of experience; quality of service; scalability; Bandwidth; Costs; Economies of scale; Environmental economics; Manufacturing industries; Production; Quality of service; Scalability; Streaming media; Web and internet services;
