What Hides behind the Internet Traffic Conundrum

The Science and Technology section of The
Economist featured couple months ago an article
about a new hypothesis of three physicists. Based on Braess’s paradox, they
assert that the delays and traffic jams from the major cities’, such as Boston,
New York and London, can be reduced by closing some other roads the drivers
would use in case of a snarl-up. When trying to apply the same theory to
routers, wires and bytes, the results could be slightly different.

The Internet traffic is already creeping
through “narrow pipes”, as more and more Web surfing experiences are YouTube