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Wave of Pesky Viruses Slows Entire Internet.

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| September 06, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 1999 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

By David Whelan, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 6--Since a flurry of computer viruses began spreading across computer networks in mid-August, the Internet has slowed down by 5 percent to 8 percent overall, and much more in some areas.

The Internet Traffic Report, a service that measures Internet speed by bouncing signals off faraway servers and tracking how long it takes them to travel back, found that speed in North America in early August hovered above a rating of 84 on a hundred-point scale.

On Aug. 11 the first in a wave of viruses hit. The viruses spread and increased in intensity. By Aug. …

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