Why I think the next Internet will be home grown
August 30 2010, 3:30 PM
With the recent Google Verizon deal and concerns about net neutrality
dying, a pessimism has overcome many who see the Internet that they know
dying. To which I say: good. The internet has died and been reborn a few
times now: it is time for it to happen again. The first internet I knew was not the internet at all, but BBS networks.
These BBS formed a home grown network themselves, and they were very
popular until the Net and the Web came along. So that was one death. The second Internet death was Usenet. It too was very popular, and business
people were told to tred carefully around the Usenet. Instead, the Web
landed and all thos other Internet services like Usenet, gopher, Wais, etc
all just died off. Now a third death is due. That is the death of the internet based around
tcp/ip and backbone networks. It has been dying for awhile: if anything,
NAT has shored up the Internet as we stay stuck on IPv4. Same with dynamic
IP addressing. I think that all will blow up soon, and people and companies will build
their own networks and form their own backbones and bypass the big ISPs for
all but basic things. Nations will float ISPs and connections just like
they support national airlines. Hardware companies will be looking for new
opportunities to see equipment, and home grown networks with vast ranges
will be the next thing people and organizations will want. The networks
will be fast and cheap and untethered from big ISPs. These networks will be
just like BBSs, but more powerful and offering more to users. I think that is the future and I see no reason that it won't happen. Net
neutrality discussions will go the way of baud rates and alt groups. The internet will be a more complicated thing, but more powerful,
pervasive, and woven into everything. We will take it for granted, like
electricity or air. And all that will happen within 20 years.
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dying, a pessimism has overcome many who see the Internet that they know
dying. To which I say: good. The internet has died and been reborn a few
times now: it is time for it to happen again. The first internet I knew was not the internet at all, but BBS networks.
These BBS formed a home grown network themselves, and they were very
popular until the Net and the Web came along. So that was one death. The second Internet death was Usenet. It too was very popular, and business
people were told to tred carefully around the Usenet. Instead, the Web
landed and all thos other Internet services like Usenet, gopher, Wais, etc
all just died off. Now a third death is due. That is the death of the internet based around
tcp/ip and backbone networks. It has been dying for awhile: if anything,
NAT has shored up the Internet as we stay stuck on IPv4. Same with dynamic
IP addressing. I think that all will blow up soon, and people and companies will build
their own networks and form their own backbones and bypass the big ISPs for
all but basic things. Nations will float ISPs and connections just like
they support national airlines. Hardware companies will be looking for new
opportunities to see equipment, and home grown networks with vast ranges
will be the next thing people and organizations will want. The networks
will be fast and cheap and untethered from big ISPs. These networks will be
just like BBSs, but more powerful and offering more to users. I think that is the future and I see no reason that it won't happen. Net
neutrality discussions will go the way of baud rates and alt groups. The internet will be a more complicated thing, but more powerful,
pervasive, and woven into everything. We will take it for granted, like
electricity or air. And all that will happen within 20 years.
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