Essay/Term paper: The future of the internet

Essay, term paper, research paper:  Internet

The Future Of The Internet


In Today's world of computers, the internet has become part of ones
regular vocabulary. The internet is everywhere, in the news, the newspaper,
magazines, and entire books are written on it regularly. Its growth rate is
incredible, increasing by about 10% every month (Dunkin 180). This rapid growth
rate could either help the system or destroy it.
The possibilities are endless on what can be done on the internet.
People can tap into libraries, tap into weather satellites, download computer
programs, talk to other people with related interests, and send electronic mail
all across the world (Elmer-Dewitt 62). It is used by thousands of different
kinds of people and organizations, like the military, businesses, colleges and
universities, and common people with no specific purpose to even use it (Dunkin
180). Phillip Elmer-Dewitt stated it perfectly, "It is a place for everyone."
The rapid growth of the internet has many positive aspects to it. The
new technology that is developing with this rapid growth will help keep
computers up to date with what is being developed on the internet. With these
technological advances, systems will be faster, more powerful, and capable of
doing more complicated tasks. As more people with different interests,
thoughts, and ideas get involved with the internet, there will be more
information available (Elmer-Dewitt 64). As the number of internet users
increases, the prices will gradually decrease on internet software and
organizations (Peterson 358). The best quality about the size of the internet
is it is so big that it cannot be destroyed (Elmer-Dewitt 62).
There are many problems with the constant growth of the internet. It's
largest weakness is that it is not owned or controlled by anyone (Elmer-Dewitt
63). There is no base plan for the future of the internet (Dunkin 180). As it
grows in size, there is less control of the system. Many groups are fighting
for censorship, but that is in=impossible with the size of the internet
(Peterson 358). With more sites and pages being added to the internet,
information is becoming harder to find, and it getting more difficult to find
your way around. There are also problems just like "any heavily traveled
highway, including vandalism, break-ins, and traffic jams. It's like an
amusement park that is so successful that there are long waits for the most
popular rides." (Elmer-Dewitt 63).
Right now, no one knows what direction the future of the internet will
take. The future of the internet will be determined by whether the growth is
just a trend or if it will keep growing and technology will keep up with it.

Works Cited

Dunkin, Amy. "Ready To Cruise The Internet." Business Week 28 Mar. 1994: 180-
181.

Elmer-Dewitt, Philip. "First Nation In Cyberspace." Time 6 Dec. 1993: 62-64.


Peterson, I. "Guiding The Growth Of The Info Highway." Science News 4 Jun.
1994: 357-358.