Internet an "Unreliable Toy" by 2012

[mindless728]

yeah, 100Mb/s with 10gB caps, lol

 

[ailgatrat]

"Think of it as a bridge: when it was new, the bridge had no trouble sustaining a constant load moving from point A to point B; it could even withstand weight above its maximum limit. Now that it's old and rickety, the foundation is beginning to crack, its support beams are buckling and there's not enough resources and man power to fix it before it collapses. This idea applies to the Internet, now carrying more weight that it was designed, and the "fractures" will only get worse over time."

Duh...build a bigger, stronger bridge with more lanes, Moron!

 

[mforce2]

I still don't really like all this cloud computing stuff. I remember reading about plans to have your games rendered and then sent to you as some sort of video stream. While I do get the idea and it does seem like a good one at first it does pose a serious bandwidth problem.
Maybe the old ways will still serve us well for a time at least until we can find the bandwidth for all this cloud stuff.

 

[silversurfernhs]

I had a thought about the internet aways back when i was younger, that there's going to be so much crap on the internet it'll be useless, at least for searches... i mean, from time to time i like to search for old sites i cant remember right off the top of my head, but when i search Google for them, periodically the results change. This is obviously because there's always new crap on the internet, but now i have to go through a ton of search pages to find things ACTUALLY relevant to my search criteria; and it just gets worse as time goes on.

 

[silversurfernhs]

Although i do get the cap/demand aspect, it seems like more and more crap is all thats being put on them, (not all actual internet garbage... i guess)

 

[mcbowler]

My prediction is that people that make predictions will be wrong more often the right. Stop wasting time contemplating and make something useful, like a faster internet.

 

[outacontrolpimp]

linux wont be on 95% of computer, i wont use it and normal consumers wont either. I love windows, dont care what you say. its compatible, fast, easy, and now super reliable. You guys who are great at computer and do programming and sht, go ahead get linux. ill stick to my easy life.

 

[hotroderx]

Maybe I am crazy O.O but this sounds like the Cable companies decided to pay for market research to help scare people into thinking broadband caps are a must have O.O

 

[maigo]

Are they planing on moving all websites from html to HDMI?

 

[bin1127]

If the internet goes down like this, the ISPs are to blame. It's their business to keep it running. why else are we paying them?

Engineers will think of new ways to fix this problem. I'm sure the jump in traffic during 1995 caused a similar problem. Perhaps a restructuring of the way internet routs and centralize information. but it's not going down. Nice try timewarner.

 

[anamaniac]

Go outside, read a book, play some sports, make some friends, get laid...
BLASPHEMY!
My outdoors is virtually emulated, with better shading technology getting me a quite realistic sun.
I read my books on PDFs.
My sports are games.
I make friends through chat rooms and online games.
The last on my list... that may be half of the total internet bandwidth. Okay I agree on actually getting laid at least.

How about I just play my games via LAN WIFI?

 

[daekar]

The ISPs are complaining about the constantly increasing traffic which their upgrades can't keep up with, but for some reason they continue offering faster services. One might wonder why they continue to offer faster services if they can't even keep up with the traffic anticipated with existing speeds. If the greedy fools don't have the chops to keep up with demand, then don't offer faster services! But of course, they have to offer faster services to stay "competitive," which has self-destructive traffic-encouraging results, which allows them to justify bandwidth caps and ridiculous fees to pay for the infrastructure they no longer have to upgrade. What a great system.

 

[MoUsE-WiZ]

I've decided this gibberish isn't worth any sort of reasoned response, I could probably write a book with all that's wrong with it, so instead I'll just go with the snarky comment:

Guess I'd better stock up on porn before 2012 then, eh?

 

[-unknown-]

Wow, I can't believe this was news.

This is the equivalent of saying "Because our roads are getting potholes and people keep driving on them, there will be less roads in the future due to wear-and-tear" ... so keep up with maintenance.

I'll give you that the internet has grown at an aggressive rate but you can tell that the growth will be slowing down in the near future as HD feeds are basically the highest load the system should expect. Bandwith had to grow to first allow you to stream audio, then video, then HD video but until something higher than HD comes out, there's not much to worry about since Ultra HD (or whatever it will be called) is years away and this aggressive growth will level off.

I know I'm being cynical but I wouldn't be surprised if they were 'influenced' ($) to think a certain way just to support the lobbying efforts of some of these ISPs.

 

[chefhusker]

Another scam brought to you courtesy of TWC. Time Warner is one of the greediest companies out there now. We all know their comsumer base grew 10% last year AND we all know that their cost for services didn't go up at all. I'm for capitalism, but there's a line between success and financially face-raping their customers. TWC, please stop bending us over with no grease, and just get back to pretending to give us great service.

 

[lordfakie]

As long as free porn keeps accecible

 

[ravewulf]

[citation][nom]deminicus[/nom]yes yes, but will it blend?[/citation]
I think we might need a bigger blender... ;D

 

[michaelahess]

That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. They have retarded monkeys as tech consultants?

 

[ravewulf]

[citation][nom]lordfakie[/nom]As long as free porn keeps accecible[/citation]
Probably Only, if they get bandwidth caps in there will be a lot out on the net, but an inability to get very much of it.

 

[Kami3k]

"In the real world, the last day on the Mayan calendar is December 24, 2012"

Um no, it actually extends to probably something longer then this universe as we know it will be around for. I know it at least goes to four thousand and something AD.