According to new research, the Internet may be close to reaching its breaking point, and that the increased amount of video downloads may become the cause of the Internet collapsing.

“The unrelenting growth in Internet traffic during 2007 may overwhelm some of the Internet’s backbones: the terabit-capable pipes connecting continents," said Igal Brightman, global managing partner at Deloitte.

It is thought, a lack of investment and the growth in heavier data traffic like Voice-over-Internt-Protocol (VoIP) calls and video downloads are to blame.

The impact may become most noticeable by slow-down of service, and an unexpected surge in video downloads could escalate the inconvenience into a full-scale outage for some users.

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