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Written by Ken DiPietro
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Wednesday, 23 March 2005 |
A guest writer named Robert Young, has written a provocative piece on Om Malik's site.
As quoted from the article:
"What happens when you have 100 megabits per second connections on the edge of the network? In your homes, or in your pockets, or in your cars – an always-on 100 megabit per second pipe that wirelessly networks your life. No, we are not talking about fast pipes to the Internet, but simple easy networks all around you."
Additional input regarding this may be found in WISP Centric's reference of the article by Daily Wireless.
Later in the piece we hear:
"So what does this all mean? Put another way, what are the implications when millions of people start creating ad-hoc wireless networks among themselves? Well, if you zoom out to look at the big picture, the most obvious implication is the rise of truly distributed peer2peer networks randomly and serendipitously popping up in meet space that have absolutely no central points of control.
Imagine high school kids and college students all over the world sharing anything and everything that is digital every time they meet up, directly with one another. And as we know, whatever the kids do first is likely to be the future for the nearly billion others who will be similarly equipped."
The article can be found here:
http://www.gigaom.com/2005/03/22/100-megabits-at-the-edge/
I believe what we may be seeing here is an evolution from a connected and centralized Internet in the classical sense to one that is more like a continuous stream of interacting flash mobs. This is kind of a fascinating concept as it could very well herald the first glimpse of what might happen if we don't supply the kind of instantaneous connectivity some of these "cutting edge" customers crave. In fact, if it is easier and faster to get the content they want through this type of interaction (as well as removing any risk) as opposed to using the "Net" we could very well all find ourselves out of a job. Yes, I know this is an extreme example of what might happen but I can safely say that history has reliably shown that when unacceptable roadblocks are put up people will find a way of overcoming them.
Respectfully,
Ken DiPietro
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