Re: 10 years from now... (was: internet futures)

[Andy Ringsmuth <andy () andyring com>]

> On 3/26/21 12:26 PM, Mark Tinka wrote:
> > If the last decade is anything to go by, I'm keen to see what the next one brings.
> > Mark.
>
>
> So the obvious question is what will happen to the internet 10 years from now. The last 10 years were all about 
> phones and apps, but that's pretty well played out by now. Gratuitously networked devices like my dishwasher will 
> probably be common, but that's hardly exciting. LEO internet providers will be coming online which might make a 
> difference in the corners of the world where it's hard to get access, but will it allow internet access to parachute 
> in behind the Great Firewall?
>
> One thing that we are seeing a revolution in is with working from home. That has some implications for networking 
> since symmetric bandwidth, or at least quite a bit more upstream would be helpful as many people found out. Is 
> latency going to drive networking, given gaming? Gamers are not just zitty 15 year olds, they are middle aged or 
> older nowadays.
>
> Mike

Ten years from now? Easy. We’ll still be talking about the continued shortage of IPv4 address space and (legitimately) 
complaining about why IPv6 still isn’t the default addressing/routing methodology for the Internet worldwide.


-Andy