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Tangled Web The latest in modern technology

By Heather Page

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The latest in modern technology

Tangled Web

Growing congestion on the Internet is causing problems in moreways than one. In some cases, the Internet's unrelenting growthis straining the nation's telecommunications systems, causinglocal telephone service failures. Increasingly, businesses arebecoming concerned about the Internet's speed and reliability.Fed up with never-ending busy signals, frustrated users have eventaken to referring to the slowing medium as the "World WideWait."