Why Is The Internet Sometimes So Slow? Internet 'Black Holes' Ma...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 04/09/2008 - 16:00

A surprisingly large fraction of Web traffic gets sucked into temporary black holes, in which information between two computers disappears en route.

A new online observatory monitors Internet black holes so network administrators -- and frustrated Web users -- can diagnose problems in real time.


 

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