Will the Internet break-down due to strain of Olympics?

We like this one that you are about to read, CNET has reported about a test that could prove something. They are basically reporting the latest to find out of the Internet can or indeed will break down under the immense strain of mass consumption of streaming video, and yes we are talking about the Olympics.

This is an opinion set by Brick Eksten who is the president and CEO of Digital Rapids, he says:

“We’re going to find out whether the Internet is going to melt under the weight of video in a couple days,’’ he told Between The Lines this morning.

Based in Markham, Ontario, Eksten’s company is providing encoding, streaming and management systems to provide live streaming of the 2008 Olympic Games to Internet audiences in China, working for CCTV; you can see where we are going with this. NBC has plans on streaming 2,200 hours of live competition in 25 sports.

Read the full story here.

So basically with all this heavy streaming to do with the Olympics, will the Internet break down?