| Chapter 1: | A Global, Low-Cost Network Thrives |
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“Interoperability won’t be perfected, but attempts to regulate the network according to telcos’ desire to implement QOS at the network layer will have failed because of international pressure.” —Kevin Schlag, director of Web development and IT for Western Governor’s University, BYU-Hawaii
“With the current rhythm it gives development and technological innovation, it is very possible that this is this way. Alone it is necessary to see, for example, the installation of nets Wi-fiin the rural area of Peru that helps the Peruvian peasants to negotiate its crop. It is a remote and not well-communicated area, but that, thanks to the new technologies, is very competitive inside the domestic economy.” —Sabino M. Rodriguez, MC&S Services
“While I think it will be better, ‘perfect’ is a pretty strong word. I wouldn’t underestimate the tenacity of people who make money from proprietary networks to hang on to them.” —Cleo Parker, senior manager, BBDO
“While we will have worldwide network interoperability, we will continue to be plagued by badly or inadequately written and documented software for most other applications. A fundamentalist movement toward rigorously designed, open-source applications might occur if we acknowledge that the lack of interoperability of these programs results in a huge drain on productivity. On the other hand, we may just continue to muddle along.” —Sam Punnett, president, FAD Research
“Commoditization of telecommunications services, open standards for documents and server operations, and the expectations of access to the Internet and its successors will force businesses, universities, and governments to make this come to pass. While there will be a global, low-cost network, there will also be numerous large, but closed, networks attached to the global network. These networks will use their own domain-name-resolution servers. Both governments working with regional partners and multinational companies in cooperation with each other will develop their own alternative networks to satisfy security and political concerns.” —Sean Mead, consultant for Interbrand Analytics, Design Forum, Mead, Mead & Clark, and other companies