Are the good times coming to an end? A recent study by Nemertes Research says that limits to Internet bandwidth could leave VoIP callers on permanent hold [1] and the rest of us twiddling our thumbs while waiting for email to download. What's the reason for the coming bandwidth shortfall? It's a number of things, but the big reasons are the rapid expansion in residential broadband deployment and the rising use of bandwidth-intense applications like streaming movies, video conferencing [2], and mobile VoIP. And just when we were finally starting to get the hang of this whole Internet thing…

For more on why you should be afraid of the bandwidth going away:
- Read the study report [3] at eWeek