“Fast pipe and always on” is so 90’s, Paynter. Networking in the 21st Century is wireless, and indeed all wireless networks have finite bandwidth. Bummer.

The Internet is not a network, it’s an interconnect between whatever networks people are actually using, and it better be a faithful intermediary or we’ll just stop using it.

It’s time for a new idea, bud.

Your trope regarding the “cargo cult” of net neutrality wasn’t that interesting really and my reaction went way over your pointy little head, but I can go with your observation regarding the gathering forces of a re-emergent hippiedom and the power of truth. Your impersonation of a corporate huckster and know-nothing PBX sales engineer tied to a 1980’s perspective of telecom technology — well, it’s priceless… best satirical act I’ve caught in years. If you ever play the Rivoli would you comp me a couple of tickets?

Thanks for the Feynman link! It’s been years and years since I read it. Don’t know what it has to do with bandwidth provisioning though.

But hey. Since we’re swapping links of dubious relevance here, try this old chestnut on for size! Thomas Kuhn…

Well, gotta go. Hard at work right now on research tying the murder of Dorothy Kilgallen to Ken Lay’s unfortunate fall upon his short sword.

And for a bonus, here’s a link to scientist Richard Feynman’s seminal essay on Cargo Cult Science.

Your reaction more or less proves my point.

PS: Sorry about Amanda Congdon losing her job. She’s so cute.