The fact that the Internet is also called the World Wide Web is well-known
to all Internet users.  People readily accept the fact that they can easily
access web sites not only across the United States but around the world as
well.

While the average user may not understand how the Internet works, the
average user is constantly looking for speedy access to information.  How
quickly information flows becomes important.  If you picture the Internet as
a highway, the flow of traffic is smoother and faster when there is less
traffic on the highway.  At peak rush hour, the highway is slower with the
volume of traffic and an accident at any time of day can bring traffic on
the highway to a halt.

The same principles apply with the Internet.  Heavy traffic anywhere in the
system can slow down response if the web site that you are accessing is
experiencing heavy traffic or if there are any delays on the route to that
web site.

Needless to say, any equipment malfunctions along the route can slow
response or require that your information take another route that may be
slower.  Now the time intervals involved are just fractions of a second but
over distances, the seconds can add up to costly delays for those businesses
who have become dependent upon the Internet for all or a large part of their
revenue.

A watchful eye on the traffic conditions and progressions in Internet speed
are closely kept by businesses that rely on a speedy Internet and by
Internet service providers.  The latest trends in Internet speed and
dependability can be viewed from http://www.internettrafficreport.com - a
site with real-time reports as the changes happen.  An update on this
information is given at this site every five minutes.

What do traffic reports tell you about global Internet traffic?  At Internet
Traffic Report~s website, you see tracking of speed trends in Europe, Asia,
Australia, North America and South America.  The continent of Africa does
not currently have enough routers to accurately track a message as it~s sent
from the sender to the receiver.  Therefore, calculating a meaningful
traffic value in Africa is not possible.  The traffic index used in each
continent goes from the number 0 (meaning the slowest) to 100 (meaning the
fastest).  At this site, you also can find the average response time in
fractions of a second for test messages that are routinely sent out into the
Internet.  If your American Internet speed is frustrating you, take yourself
to this site and look up the response time in North America.
You~re frustrations will go down when you see that North America~s response
time is on average twice as fast as South America, Europe and Australia~s.
What~s more, North America~s fast time is three times quicker than Asia~s.

A quick travel into Internet Traffic Report online will surely strengthen
the fact that the great World Wide Web is making grounds on its mission to
unify the world and link users to each other across the planet.  For many
developing nations, the Internet is a convenient mode of traffic that is
quick and very reliable.

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