Extra Credit Blog

In the reading from the Federal Communications Commission called The Internet: A Short History of Getting Connected, I found lots of information about the internet I never knew about. The very first work done on assembling the internet was done in 1967. I was unaware the history went so far back. I have been aware of the presence of the internet for only a part of my life and in reality it has existed long before I was alive. The reading provided excerpts from some of the people working on the internet before it was called the internet. The most interesting was in August of 1987. It gave insight into how the original ARPANET team harnessed the energy of their new creation. I liked how I was able to understand what the team was feeling at the time of creating the internet. One other fact I found interesting was the section out the speed of the internet and how it evolved into what we have today. With the availability of broadband subscriptions grew. The article says between 2000 and 2001, broadband subscriptions rose over 50%, with an additional 48% growth in 2003. As a society we have grown inpatient and tend not to like waiting for things. Thinking about not having cable internet makes me cringe, but in the beginning they were working with some pretty slow connections. I feel fortunate to have the internet of today.

Is there a limit to the speed of the internet?

Do you think that big internet names such as google, or yahoo will eventually end some day and give rise to a better system?

In what ways could the internet expand to other areas of our lives?