:I, Cringely: Just Say No: David Harrison Wants to Replace Your Internet
I, Cringely: Just Say No: David Harrison Wants to Replace Your Internet Feb 24, 2007, 13 :00 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (7321 reads) (Other stories by Robert X. Cringely)
"We have trouble. After 40 years of development and almost 20 years of commercial use, the Internet is getting clogged up. We have more spam than legitimate e-mail, more advertising than content, and a few not very well-behaved protocols making trouble for all of us (more on this part next week), with the result that real utility is beginning to drop for many Internet users, who have to buy more and more bandwidth in order to effectively keep the same service level. Yes, we have trouble, and it is compounded by the current popularity of Internet video, which has knocked Moore's Law on its ear through the willingness of whole cascades of companies to lose money to show us dogs dancing and children falling off bikes..."
