MANHASSET, N.Y., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CMP's Internet Evolution (http://www.internetevolution.com/), a Web 2.0 site dedicated to investigating the future of the Internet, today published an explosive opinion piece by Dr. Lawrence Roberts, inventor of packet switching, and one of the world's foremost authorities on telecom network architectures. Roberts is currently founder and CEO of Anagran Inc.

Roberts' blog, titled "Routing Economics Threaten the Internet," discusses one of the major problems of the Internet: the growing cost of supporting the amount of content and services being supplied over the Internet infrastructure.

Internet traffic is now growing much more quickly than the rate at which router cost is decreasing, Roberts says. If this trend is allowed to continue, the cost of Internet capacity will double every three years, he predicts, creating an economic crisis. Roberts' solution to the problem is a technology called "flow-based routing."

Roberts led the team that designed and developed ARPANET, the world's first major computer packet network, which evolved into the modern Internet. His initial work outlining the design of the Internet was published 40 years ago. He has been a recipient of numerous awards in the field of computer science and telecommunications, including the National Academy of Engineering's 2001 Draper Award, engineering's highest honor. Roberts' company, Anagran, is a networking equipment firm that enables service providers and enterprises to offer the next wave of multiplay rich media applications like on-demand and streaming video, with unmatched performance and quality.

"Internet Evolution has elicited an open-ended forum between our readers and the experts who constitute our ThinkerNet blogosphere," says Steve Saunders, Internet Evolution creator and blogger. "As the source for news and opinions covering all aspects of the Internet, we continue to provide discourse that is representative of the Internet's effect on individuals and businesses around the world. We are very excited that Larry has joined our growing network of industry experts."

Roberts joins 70 (and counting) world-famous Internet contributors, such as Jack Uldrich, futurist, scholar and author; Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist.com; Philip Rosedale, CEO of Linden Lab, the company that develops and maintains Second Life; John Grimes, CIO, the U.S. Department of Defense; and Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), all of whom are addressing today's critical socio-economic issues. In addition to the Internet experts who contribute to ThinkerNet, Internet Evolution draws content from broadband video documentaries and interviews; investigative reports by CMP's reporters and analysts; and user-generated content.

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