1.   Internet traffic between Australia and the United States now flows primarily from Australia to this country.

2.   Internet traffic is bursty because no one controls how surfers use the global network.

3.   Internet traffic on sites covering the GOP convention set records.

4.   Internet fax traffic will increase steadily over the next few years, which will account for a large sum of Internet revenues, he said.

5.   Internet traffic across the United States was severely disrupted Wednesday when a gas company in Ohio accidentally sliced through a fiber cable with a backhoe.

6.   Internet traffic from school computer laboratories is also left out of the measurements.

7.   Internet traffic slowed as people sought information online.

8.   Internet traffic slowed and major news Web sites were jammed Tuesday as people searching for details on the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks went online.