A senior AT&T official has indicated that video is eating up Internet capacity at a rapid rate, and predicted that in three years, the demand for video in all forms, especially HD video, will put enormous strains on the Internet and Internet access providers like AT&T. Here is the key quote:

Video will be 80 percent of all traffic by 2010, up from 30 percent today,"

Communities that are not making plans now to invest in telecom infrastructure will find attracting and retaining businesses far more difficult, as business relocation will be increasingly driven by the availability of affordable broadband services.