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...problem, Bradner says, is that the Internet is growing in size exponentially. He argues that in about two years it will take so long to recompute the Internet's central next hop tables that it will be impossible to expand them...
This will cause a major crisis, Bradner argues, because demand for expansion of the network will continue. The Internet, he says, will have effectively stopped working...
...Some of Bradner's colleagues in the world of Internet infrastructure say his view is overly pessimistic...
Fred Baker, president of the Internet Engineering Task Force, a non-governmental organization that works to develop the architecture of the Internet, thinks that Bradner is overly worried...
David Newman, president of Network Test Inc, which tests router technology, says that Bradner points out a worrisome trend in Internet infrastructure, but it's not yet time to press the panic button...