[HIB]Cisco Predicts Internet Traffic Will Quadruple

Cisco Systems Inc. expects average monthly Internet traffic in 2014 will be the equivalent to 32 million people streaming "Avatar" in 3-D continuously for the entire month.The company predicts annual global Internet traffic will grow fourfold by 2014 at a compound annual growth rate of 34%, according to its Visual Networking Index released June 2.Cisco says annual global IP traffic will exceed three-quarters of a zettabyte (767 exabytes) in four years. Global IP traffic grew 45% during 2009 to an annual run rate of 176 exabytes per year, or 15 exabytes per year. By 2014, the company expects average monthly traffic will reach 767 exabytes per year, or 64 exabytes per month.

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