’s stop there). In fact this is a very efficient structure but mind you, this has been developed for centuries. The last transport vehicle is only a century old. The internet however is currently only available in a fixed or a mobile variant. The fixed internet is the traditional mechanism, but more and morSome of the differences...

Visibility. The internet is already called a virtual world and is hardly tangible. The network “beneath” the internet is even less visible. Instead the physical highways are real, visible and tangible. We experience the traffic jams as a simple phenomenon with a large file of cars are stuck in front of us. The debate that there is not enough bandwidth and that the information highway requires a lot a investments is difficult to verify. Who knows, perhaps this whole idea of traffic jams on the net is only a invention of the cable and phone suppliers to trigger some new money flows.

Another difference is that the problem with the physical infrastructure is national or global, whereas the internet challenges are local. Only the connections from the ‘backbone’ (the city) to your home require high investments; as others call this “the last mile.” The network (backbone) itself has enough capacity to serve an ever growing traffic.

Than, the transport infrastructure is leveled according to distance and speed. So the options to transport are versatile. It starts with a walk on the pavement, the next thing is a bike, a car and than bus, train boat and in the end airplane (let’s stop there). In fact this is a very efficient structure but mind you, this has been developed for centuries. The last transport vehicle is only a century old. The internet however is currently only available in a fixed or a mobile variant. The fixed internet is the traditional mechanism, but more and more

file of cars are stuck in front of us. The debate that there is not enough bandwidth and that the information highway requires a lot a investments is difficult to verify. Who knows, perhaps this whole idea of traffic jams on the net is only a invention of the cable and phone suppliers to trigger some new money flows.

Another difference is that the problem with the physical infrastructure is national or global, whereas the internet challenges are local. Only the connections from the ‘backbone’ (the city) to your home require high investments; as others call this “the last mile.” The network (backbone) itself has enough capacity to serve an ever growing traffic.

Than, the transport infrastructure is leveled according to distance and speed. So the options to transport are versatile. It starts with a walk on the pavement, the next thing is a bike, a car and than bus, train boat and in the end airplane (let’s stop there). In fact this is a very efficient structure but mind you, this has been developed for centuries. The last transport vehicle is only a century old. The internet however is currently only available in a fixed or a mobile variant. The fixed internet is the traditional mechanism, but more and mor

ey flows.

Another difference is that the problem with the physical infrastructure is national or global, whereas the internet challenges are local. Only the connections from the ‘backbone’ (the city) to your home require high investments; as others call this “the last mile.” The network (backbone) itself has enough capacity to serve an ever growing traffic.

Than, the transport infrastructure is leveled according to distance and speed. So the options to transport are versatile. It starts with a walk on the pavement, the next thing is a bike, a car and than bus, train boat and in the end airplane (let’s stop there). In fact this is a very efficient structure but mind you, this has been developed for centuries. The last transport vehicle is only a century old. The internet however is currently only available in a fixed or a mobile variant. The fixed internet is the traditional mechanism, but more and mor

lf has enough capacity to serve an ever growing traffic.

Than, the transport infrastructure is leveled according to distance and speed. So the options to transport are versatile. It starts with a walk on the pavement, the next thing is a bike, a car and than bus, train boat and in the end airplane (let’s stop there). In fact this is a very efficient structure but mind you, this has been developed for centuries. The last transport vehicle is only a century old. The internet however is currently only available in a fixed or a mobile variant. The fixed internet is the traditional mechanism, but more and mor

’s stop there). In fact this is a very efficient structure but mind you, this has been developed for centuries. The last transport vehicle is only a century old. The internet however is currently only available in a fixed or a mobile variant. The fixed internet is the traditional mechanism, but more and more the mobile wireless way is gaining ground. Behind this mechanism there are only a few investment options. Cable, wireless, phone but also electricity… A few years ago a massive satellite project failed to launch.

There is also no real equivalent of the vehicle on the information highway. In the real world the transport mechanism is executed by a vehicle and this – car, bus, train, airplane – is the object of transportation. In the information world the users do not move (they remain “at home” or at the office) but it is the content that gets carried to them. These is done by packages that are being addressed like the real envelopes. And at this stage you might ask yourself – if I receive a lot of these packages, will they charge me more? So far I am paying only a fixed amount per month at the moment, no matter how much I call (local or National) nor how much packages I receive.

So the difference is that in the real world you are charged by means of ownership of a car and by means of the amount of fuel you use. In a way this seems quite a fair mechanism. In the virtual world however you pay per capacity.

And this is where the discussion is focused at. The content. It seems that you are visiting the