Hyper-Connectivity

John Reese's blog on Hyper-Connectivity has a lot of thought provoking implications for the networking industry. Here were are in the world of 3G, WiFi et al, and yet don't have an ability to be continuously connected. Instead we have continual connections to the network.  4G has a lot of promises in store but how do we have a standardized ubiquitous network that provides access to people irrespective of their geographical location. The Internet is a great equalizer but for countries with poor communications infrastructure are at a big disadvantage. What is needed today is apart from <$100 laptops is a cost effective access to the network. The current dependence of the Internet in spite of its changing traffic patterns over the years  has cemented Sun's motto of "The Network is the Computer".   I wish one day I will be able to stack all my information on the network in a secure and dependable fashion, thereby reducing the burden on millions of people upgrading their Operating Systems and hardware.