"Pushing the multi-mega-ton jumbo jet of human thought-style backwards a few inches, back in the direction of dream logic, might be the Internet's greatest accomplishment. The best is yet to be."

-David Gelertner

The Internet has been called the greatest advance since the assembly line, the printing press, even the capture of fire.  At hightechforum.org, we naturally care about the Internet – what trends are emerging, and what challenges do we face in extending, regulating and managing the Internet, especially as it becomes more mobile?  What will the Internet look like in ten years, or after its next billion users comes online?  In the articles below, the people who built the Internet, run the Internet, and improve the Internet offer their perspectives.

Spectrum Reality, Part 2

In my last post, I promised to follow up on the 700 MHz band’s unique properties, so here you go. The background fact about spectrum is that opportunistic spectrum access [...]

Why Did Vint Cerf Say That?

Vint Cerf, one of the primary designers of TCP/IP and a man who’s among the “fathers of the Internet” has an Op-Ed in today’s New York Times arguing that Internet [...]

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

Last May and June, BBC aired a three part documentary by Adam Curtis on how computers are reshaping society called “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace.” The title [...]

Discussion Thread: Does DNS Filtering Break the Internet?

There’s a lot of controversy about the DNS filtering mandate proposed in two bills moving in the U. S. Congress,  PROTECT-IP Act (PIPA) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA.) This [...]

SOPA Hearing DNS Filtering Discussion

The House Judiciary Hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) held on Thursday, December 15 was certainly one of the longest hearings in recent memory, as well as one [...]

My DNS Filtering Research before House SOPA Panel

The US House of Representatives was debating the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill yesterday and the issue of DNS Filtering and the alleged danger to the Internet was raised.  My [...]

Apps, Web Apps, and the Future of Computing

One of the questions that keeps coming up in discussions about where network computing is going is the Web vs. Apps controversy. Wired magazine helped kick it off in 2010 [...]

How Technology and Markets Made Net Neutrality Moot

Before the courts have even ruled on Verizon’s lawsuit against the FCC‘s proposed Net Neutrality regulations, it appears that technological progress will make the wireless device neutrality portion of the [...]

Get Ready for Metered Wi-Fi

There’s a story in today’s New York Times on the impact the iPad is having on hotel Wi-Fi networks. Conclusion: Expect hotels to implement volume-sensitive pricing for Internet access via [...]

Remaking the Internet

The Time Warner Research Program has published my essay on the Internet architecture, Remaking the Internet: Taking Network Architecture to the Next Level. The essay examines the issues that make [...]