Monday 16 April 2007

Experts: Scrap The Internet And Start Again

Just days after plans were announced to launch the Internet in space, this story breaks on completely rebuilding the Internet from the ground up.

"Other government agencies, including the US Defence Department, have also been exploring the concept....A new network could run parallel with the current internet and eventually replace it."


This is an interesting point on why the Internet is increasingly obselete:

"The Internet's designers also assumed that computers were in fixed locations and always connected. That's no longer the case with the proliferation of laptops, personal digital assistants and other mobile devices, all hopping from one wireless access point to another, losing their signals here and there.

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