Won broadband wireline (DSL/Cable) and wireless (2.5G and 3G) networks eliminate the need for web acceleration?
No, for the following reasons: You can never transmit and download data too fast. With dial-up supporting 90% of Internet access and the cost and slowdown of DSL/Cable access, widespread broadband access is many, many years away. 2.5G networks, in reality, won’t deliver more than 20-30kbps at best and 3G networks are years away. Historically, data and applications continue to grow (see Microsoft applications, web content, games, etc.), so network access will always be a bottleneck requiring acceleration.
