The Grid is Coming...high speed internet...but not for you

It's all about the grid, a revolutionary concept that outdates the Internet structure as obsolete. Instead of linking together a "hotchpotch of cable and routing equipment" the grid is built with dedicated fibre optic cables and modern routing centers, no outdated components to slow the deluge of data....really interesting article giving a glimpse of what is coming down the data pike. It's actually here... but now only available to, you guessed it...providers and businesses.....

Although the grid itself is unlikely to be directly available to domestic internet users, many telecoms providers and businesses are already introducing its pioneering technologies. One of the most potent is so-called dynamic switching, which creates a dedicated channel for internet users trying to download large volumes of data such as films. In theory this would give a standard desktop computer the ability to download a movie in five seconds rather than the current three hours or so.