All,
There's an interesting Internet-related thread here in SI, titled, (I think) provocatively:
"Next Generation Internet, Internet2 & other video networks, " which was created by Feraldo.
Go to: Subject 24461
I say "provocatively," although "ambiguously" would have done equally well, because of the operative term "video" which gave me cause to pause.
While I've long maintained that first streaming, and then r-t video would find its way to end points via packet [yes, I'm still noncommittal here, waiting to see how IP and ATM will ever reconcile themselves], I never took the time to think of NG or I2 in these terms, specifically.
Interesting, though, and not at all illogical, since video is, in fact, one of the best ways to convey "information," whether for business, entertainment, educational, or otherwise.
These network life forms will account for the next bump up in b-w, IMO, in the last mile as well, after the current (or soon to be) plateaus are reached under the copper/HFC regimen, as they exhausts themselves of further growth potentials.
These new networking realms will, in other words, be the drivers that bring fiber closer to the business and home, IMO. Without them, on the other hand, the core of the 'net and all of its ports, would themselves eventually become the new choke points.
To obtain a grasp of the official distinctions between the Next Generation Internet, or NGI, and Internet2, go to:
"NGI and Internet2 - Complementary and Interdependent "
...at: ngi.gov
Would anyone here care to comment on this subject?
Regards, Frank Coluccio |
