• Beet.TV, Friday, June 11, 2010 1:12 PM

Excitement over the 2010 World Cup appears to be testing the Web's limits. Indeed, network operator Akamai is reporting the greatest bandwidth demand ever for news sites, notes Beet.TV. There are presently some 11 million visitor requests per minute to its network -- up 233% from the normal demand at this time.

According to Beet, the previous record for most video requests was the inauguration of President Barack Obama. "While Akamai does not report on the world's total Internet demand, it carries many of the world's biggest news organizations including the BBC, CNN, and NBC." The Akamai News Index tracks over 100 news video sites, which does not actually represent the overall demand to the Akamai network. "We expect that much of this traffic is coming from demand along with consumption of HD video," Beet.TV adds. Will the Web be able to withstand World Cup fever? Only time will tell.

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