Think Beyond Broadband

New Economy
The technology revolution continues to change the world economy. We are finally moving into the production phase of the revolution. Now is the time for communities to enter into the market and allow the scaling effects of production capital.

Community Networks
Communities can build and own Communications Networks at half the cost per connection. The efficient use of right-of-way and installation options are essential to the economic development of neighborhoods and communities.

Think Beyond Broadband ^TM

ISMS and Jabber both recognize: "Speed and agility are increasingly important elements to success in a wide variety of domains. Whether the people involved are Wall Street traders executing a transaction, war fighters in hostile territory, front-line emergency responders or health care providers saving lives, online gamers enjoying a multi-player gaming experience, or shoppers looking for a great deal, life and work move faster and faster all the time. This trend is shaped by innovation in communication technologies and continues to drive further innovation in those technologies.

One key aspect of this trend is that existing communications are migrating to the Internet Protocol (IP). Consider some examples. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is aggressively replacing the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). Popular Internet syndication technologies such as Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and Atom are obsoleting older, closed news tickers.

Independent editorial and musical voices are increasingly being heard via streaming Internet broadcasts and podcasts rather than on traditional radiocasts. Even television is not immune, given the recent and rapid emergence of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) as well as web-based services such as YouTube.

The transition to Internet Protocols is also enabling the creation of completely new communication modes, such as collaborative document editing, shared whiteboarding, open application sharing, and even things like distributed musical performance. The combination of ephemeral information such as network availability, geolocation, and activity with more static data such as personal profiles, interests, and preferences enables fascinating “mash-ups” such as 1:1 marketing regardless of connection end-point, personalized pricing, and just-in-time content delivery.

As a result, the Internet is inexorably becoming a more dynamic, user-centric, real-time environment. Although this next-generation Internet goes by many names, the best-known being Web 2.0, … we will call it the real-time Internet”.

Beyond Instant Messaging, Jabber, Inc. 2006.