Now, More Than Ever, The Internet Must

First Of All, In Terms Of Investment In Internet-related Developments, Venture Capitalists - Once Burned - Are Now Very Cautious And Are Investing In Areas That Actually Make Business Sense.

They Say A Year In The Internet Business Is Like A Dog Year.. Equivalent To Seven Years In A Regular Person's Life. In Other Words, It's Evolving Fast And Faster.

Their Internet Usage Is Growing Very Rapidly, And Even They Can Do The Math: If Everyone In China Needed An Ipv4 Address - Just One - This Country Would Use Up One Third Of The Entire Public Ip Address Space.

In The Internet World, Both Ends Essentially Pay For Access To The Internet System, And So The Providers Of Access Get Compensated By The Users At Each End. My Big Concern Is That Suddenly Access Providers Want To Step In The Middle And Create A Toll Road To Limit Customers' Ability To Get Access To Services Of Their Choice Even Though They Have Paid For Access To The Network In The First Place.

In The Larger Companies, You Have This Tendency To Get Top-down Direction.