Internet2 and You

eldavojohn writes "With a name like Internet2 and such high press coverage, you might think that's the future of the Internet servicing our homes. But Ars Technica looks more closely at what the odds actually are for it to become mainstream. When will you see the effects of the software, planning and hardware that went into Internet2 in your home? The odds are the very distant future — if at all. From the article: 'The Internet as we now know it is anything but obsolete. The amount of dedicated hardware and personal attention required to get networks like Internet2 and DANTE working simply makes them uneconomical for most common uses. And, unless a majority of networked content moves onto these dedicated networks, then having access to them may not do users much good. If the academic networks change the commercial ones, they'll do it in an evolutionary way, by providing improved hardware and better software for running traffic within the constraints of the existing economic structure.'"

Great plot for..

[somersault]

With a name like Internet2 and such high press coverage, you might think that's the future of the internet servicing our homes

House: Oh hello, thanks for getting here so quickly!
Internet2: I hear you've been having some problems with your tubes, can you direct me to the back door?

Waiting for Internet3

[WheresMyDingo]

I've heard the odd internets are better. Only one sample so far though.

Oblig.

[sootman]

I'll skip Internet2. I'm waiting for Internet3.11 for Workgroups.

Internet2

[Anonymous Coward]

All of this Web 2.0 stuff I keep hearing about: will I have to get this Internet2 to use it?

Re:Oblig.

[Daimanta]

My Internet goes all the way up to 11!

catch 22.0

[mattwarden]

The reason internet2 won't pick up is because it is stuck in a catch 22.0 No one will upgrade internet2 to web 2.0 until enough people come from internet1 to internet2. But why would anyone leave internet1 with web 2.0 to go to internet2 with web 1.0? It doesn't make sense.