Flutterby™! : Low speed Internet

Surviving The Internet on Low Speed DSL.

I've actually been thinking about this a bit recently. The high speed fiber gambits of various ISPs have seen tremendously low uptake because there just isn't enough to do with it, unless you're interested in self-hosting. And most ISPs take a dim view of self-hosting because they want to charge you extra for "business class" services.

But even more, as I watch the creeping issues with malware and viruses and privacy invasions (are you sure nobody's been watching you through your laptop webcam recently? Really sure?), I wonder if we're going to look back on this network, even with NAT and the firewalling we've got, as we look back on promiscuous unprotected sex in the late '70s and early '80s.