:: Netspeak Archive ::

THE GROWTH and spread of the Net has surpassed the wildest imaginations of its creators. The number of users hopping from one location to another in the world of the Net increases daily, multiplying with every passing second. To keep the system under control and to improve its performance new developments take place almost every third day in the hardware/software segments. This week Netspeak looks at some of the major factors that hamper Net performance and the initiatives taken to optimise them