Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Internet 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0): Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Internet 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0) It’s symmetry & bandwidth, stupid!
Gordon Bell Internet World ‘95
12 April 1995
Growth in users?: Growth in users? World population@1.6% Internet growth extrapolated@98%
Growth in users?: Growth in users? World population Internet users telephones & tv range
Outline: Outline All the graphs are up
Communication, computing, and content (data) create commerce
History -- the role of serendipity
Peer structures: Why we need symmetry and bandwidth
The players and their motivation
It’s still all about Bandwidth. It’s free. ...It’s also unavailable.
Speculation NOT
Section: All the graphs go to the right and straight up ... after 25 years!: Section: All the graphs go to the right and straight up ... after 25 years!
Qualitative growth : Qualitative growth Countries: 154
Networks: 40 K
Computers 4.8 M
People: 20 - 40 M... who knows??
Hours per day surfing per person: ??
Home pages: ?? hits per page: ??
Total networks traffic: ??
Growth in thousands of Internet Hosts 4745% growth from 1985 to 1995: Growth in thousands of Internet Hosts 4745% growth from 1985 to 1995 Data from OpenMarket
Growth in thousands of Internet Hosts 198% per year or 6% per month: Growth in thousands of Internet Hosts 198% per year or 6% per month 2x / year
NSF Backbone traffic (GBytes/month): NSF Backbone traffic (GBytes/month) FTP Gopher WWW Total Data from OpenMarket
NSF Backbone traffic (GBytes/month): NSF Backbone traffic (GBytes/month) ftp 2x/yr= 10X/3yr 20x/yr WWW ?? Data from OpenMarket
Growth in world traffic: Growth in world traffic US row UK Japan, France, Sweden UK,Ge,Canada,Austr Data from OpenMarket
Originating Bandwidth (Gb/s)U.S. Interstate Comm. traffic L Roberts ‘92: Originating Bandwidth (Gb/s) U.S. Interstate Comm. traffic L Roberts ‘92 10,000-
1,000-
100-
10-
1- |1990 | |2000 | |2010 | |2020 Broadcast TV Email Voice FAX Video on Demand Video Conf. NSF bb•
Growth in hype vs reality: Growth in hype vs reality Infoway speculation
“how great it’ll be” (politicians , telecoms & futurists) Infoway regulation conferences WWW Infoway addiction lawsuits Data from Gordon’s WAG books,
newspapers
Articles about security, privacy, & fraud versus commerce ($M): Articles about security, privacy, & fraud versus commerce ($M) actual commerce articles about risk and NOT doing commerce Data from Gordon’s WAG organized crime on Internet
Articles per newspaper versusorders per second sent via Internet: Articles per newspaper versus orders per second sent via Internet orders per second articles per newspaper Data from Gordon’s WAG
Gamer-age years hours of play vs time for various machines: Gamer-age years hours of play vs time for various machines Nintendo & Sega Computer games Internet Data from Gordon’s WAG Is Internet gameboy for adults without the attendant improvement in hand-eye co-ordination?
Convergence leads to commerce: Convergence leads to commerce Communication
(email, ftp,...,voice Content
(databases &
multi-media)
Computation
(rpc, parallelism,
client-server,
distributed proc. Commerce
(communication,
MM databases,
transactions)
Convergence leads to commerce: Convergence leads to commerce Communicatio Bandwidth
Explodes Content
Databases
increase 60%/yr
Computation
60%/yr faster & 20%/yr cheaper!
Telecomputer Commerce
(communication,
MM databases,
transactions)
Internet affects $240 B industries : Internet affects $240 B industries Media Who When Industry Size
Text/www CERN ‘89 --
Graphics NCSA 3/93 print media 153*
Audio SoundM 3/93 Telephony >3 cos 3/95 long distance 65 Contin. Prog.Net 4/95 radio, record 21
Video Qtime 3/93 CU-SeeMe 10/93 teleph. video cnf 91 Mbone 7/92 tv,cable,film 78*
3D & animation... 3/95 --
*book 24, newspaper 48, magazine 21, printing 60; tv 28, cable 21, filmed entertainment 29
**from Technologic partners 4/10/95
So who does it affect?: So who does it affect? communication: snail mail, radio...video substitution
telestuff: medicine, science , government, work
content: accessing Intellectual Property, dbases reports & papers, SW, backup, ...
catalogues : order goods & services
recreation: games, groups, mousing around, up and down the trees
computing and content: education
What info comes via the post office that could come Internetted?: What info comes via the post office that could come Internetted? catalogues , direct mail, letters to buy things
periodicals, newspapers, newsletters, magazines
personal purchases including goods
personal bills
personal finances: reports, transactions
personal and formal letters
Section: Where we’ve come from-- serendipity ; ARPAnet, NREN, 3.0: Section: Where we’ve come from-- serendipity ; ARPAnet, NREN, 3.0
History: Story of Serendipity : History: Story of Serendipity Internet 1.0 aka ARPAnet goals:
rlogin; load, program, and data sharing
Got:
rlogin,
mail, plus as a service carrier....
bbs/news/chat/muds/moos
ftp, and
rpc to enable network computing
FCCSET Report on NREN: FCCSET Report on NREN Responded to “Gore Bill” study 8/86
NSF (GB) led the study for agencies
need 100K capacity growth (50K- 5G) over 15 years ‘87-’2002
universal service for research & educ.
three step plan for bandwidth
Goals
access to common facilities & supers
stimulate communication & dbases
images & video require Gbps backbone
build on a network hierarchy of backbone, regionals, to campus
FCCSET NREN Plan 11/1987: FCCSET NREN Plan 11/1987 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 10G-
1G-
100M-
10M-
1M-
100K-
10K- 56K 1.5 M
Phase 1 45 M
Phase 2 3 G
Optical a factor of 1000 makes a difference
Internet 2.0 (now)... serendipity : Internet 2.0 (now)... serendipity Internet 2.0 aka NREN aka NII aka GII goals:
provide high bandwidth for
access to supers & common facilities ,
visualization, images and video
Got:
WWW, HTML, Gopher, and Mosaic.
Hyper-text links, mousing, slow graphics
Bill boards & catalogues to advertise
Bit warehouses for text, simple images, voice, and soon RealAudio™ NOT RealTV
CU Seeme -- now they’ll know you’re a dog
Internet Structure : Internet Structure Internet
WEB Servers Various
data servers Thing
servers Internet
Clients (CATS) 12,000 mile diameter The network (of thousands of networks)
Internet 3.0 goals & vision? : Internet 3.0 goals & vision? dial tone for hi speed, symmetrical links
bit warehouses for audio, nice images, 3D (x,y,t), and 4D (3D+z = VR)
tele-stuff: remote conferencing, remote work and business
universal digital dial tone
scaleable & symmetrical: 25 Mbps (not 0.01 -0.1)
fungible bits: phone, datacom, 2 & 3d video
cost of 2x telephones (telephone & cable)
An architect’s view of Internet: An architect’s view of Internet It’s general, symmetric, a network ...no trees
Control and operation of the network
fully distributed,
size, geography, & bandwidth scaleable
It’s like the world-wide phone system...(1920 -
Theodore Vail: One system, universal service
for connecting anything, anywhere
It’s like UNIBUS (c1970 -1985)
for connecting computer components
It’s like Ethernet (c1978 - ??)
for connecting computers in a place
It enables SNAP--a world, scaleable computer
Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway: Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway 10. ATT runs “you will” ads not “you can” on Internet
Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway: Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway 9. telcos covet Cable’s couch potatoes, yet can’t service or charge for Internet
10. ATT runs “you will” ads not “you can” on Internet
Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway: Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway 8. you chase a mouse and can’t sit on the couch to buy stuff
9. telcos covet Cable’s couch potatoes, yet can’t service or charge for Internet
10. ATT runs “you will” ads not “you can” on Internet
Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway: Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway 7. more articles on it than home page hits
8. you chase a mouse and can’t sit on the couch to buy stuff
9. telcos covet Cable’s couch potatoes, yet can’t service or charge for Internet
10. ATT runs “you will” ads not “you can” on Internet
Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway: Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway 6. fax lives and we can’t work at home using it
7. more articles on it than home page hits
8. you chase a mouse and can’t sit on the couch to buy stuff
9. telcos covet Cable’s couch potatoes, yet can’t service or charge for Internet
10. ATT runs “you will” ads not “you can” on Internet
Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway: Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway 5. you can order CDs & videos, but Internet can’t deliver them
Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway: Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway 4. you get carpal tunnel from mousing around, trying to find stuff
5. you can order CDs & videos, but Internet can’t deliver them
Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway: Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway 3. this conference isn’t on it
4. you get carpal tunnel from mousing around, trying to find stuff
5. you can order CDs & videos, but Internet can’t deliver them
Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway: Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway 2. congress is regulating it, and there’s more traffic than lawsuits
3. this conference isn’t on it
4. you get carpal tunnel from mousing around trying to find stuff
5. you can order CDs & videos, but Internet can’t deliver them
Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway: Top 10 Why Internet 2.0 is almost the infoway 1. Microsoft hasn’t reinvented it yet
2. congress is regulating it, and there’s more traffic than lawsuits
3. this conference isn’t on it
4. you get carpal tunnel from mousing around trying to find stuff
5. you can order CDs & videos, but Internet can’t deliver them
Section: Players and their motivation: Section: Players and their motivation
Players who’d like to define infoway, cyberspace, etc....: Players who’d like to define infoway, cyberspace, etc.... CATV industry to deliver VOD and phones, paid for by company’s debt
Telecoms to deliver CATV for VOD, paid for by our phone bills
Long distance carriers who are beginning to see Internet as a market
Congress or whoever buys them
US... Internet 2.0 users: mousing around and evolving WWW/HTML/Mosaic etc.
The information superhighway is Internet 2.0, NOT: The information superhighway is Internet 2.0, NOT a legislated design
what happens when CATV and Telco suppliers propose to Congress and gerrymander the market
one-way, slow, asymmetrical , built as hybrid fiber-coax
CATV : Internet= mainframes & SNA : dist. process. =client-server : peer-peer: CATV : Internet = mainframes & SNA : dist. process. = client-server : peer-peer Head end Video
Sources
Couch Potatoes
Sysplexed Mainframes
or UNIX Servers 3270 terminals
or Clients SNA/LAN
Networks CATV
Network
Building Internet with 1-way streets, just like cable... stop the backhoes!: Building Internet with 1-way streets, just like cable ... stop the backhoes! Telcos have adopted the CATV and mainframe/SNA model of centrality
Their basic idea: skim from our phone bills and fund a CATV network...
CATV was legislated to be two way, but has nil backchannel
Enables: click to buy, start movie, or make a bet
Merge CATV & Telcos?: Merge CATV & Telcos? Central Office
ATM Analog or ATM ATM CABLE TV
Analog > ATM Fiber Telephone CATV
(ATM Hybrid Fiber) ??
Why we need symmetry:Anyone can be a Producer or Consumer!: Why we need symmetry: Anyone can be a Producer or Consumer! Small difference between homes & offices
Computers send & receive equally
People (video, virtual reality, etc.) send and receive equally
Opportunities for businesses favor scale
Video warehouses versus video rental stores
Computer apps will move to centralized versus distributed
No serendipity headroom ... or new apps
Internet 3.0 : Internet 3.0 universal digital dial tone
scaleable symmetrical service: 25 Mbps -- not 0.0144 or .128 Mbps
fungible bits:
datacom, images, and video-like
RealAudio™
2d & 3d video,
phone?
cost of telephone & cable
Section: Why we need BW. Bandwidth isn’t free ...but should be: Section: Why we need BW. Bandwidth isn’t free ...but should be
Installed vs laboratory fiber Gbps(it just doesn’t ring true): Installed vs laboratory fiber Gbps (it just doesn’t ring true) 45 Mb 2.5
Gb Installed 43% /yr Laboratory 62% /yr
LAN & WAN Converge?Useful without adequate POTS?: LAN & WAN Converge? Useful without adequate POTS? 1Kb 1 Mb Video ISDN ADSL, etc. ATM @??
Cost (time) for 1 hour of video c1995: Cost (time) for 1 hour of video c1995 5 Mbits/s * 60s/min * 50 min = 15,000 Mbits (1.875 Gbytes)
15,000 Mbits @ 28.8 Kbits / s = 520,833.3 s = 144.7 hours
At 128 Kbits/ sec = 32 hours
At 1.5 Mbits/sec = 2.7 hours
Time (min.) to transfer some data: Time (min.) to transfer some data
Internet 2.0: symmetry & bandwidth: Internet 2.0: symmetry & bandwidth backbone
@Gbps POTS
(retail)
.03-.13 Mpbs Private nets
@1.5-155Mbps plain
cats home pages corporate,
large organizations worker
cats third world
home pages POPS Third World
(me) CATV
Infrastructure people trying to work at home
Internet 3.0: symmetry & bandwidth: Internet 3.0: symmetry & bandwidth backbone
@Gbps POTS
(retail)
.03-.13 Mbps Private nets
@1.5-155Mbps plain
cats VOD home pages corporate,
large organizations couch
potatoes CATV third world
home pages POPS Third World CATV
Infrastructure (3-9 Mbps
/channel) work at home ? ATM??
Speculation NOTI don’t see it helping our economy...: Speculation NOT I don’t see it helping our economy... Necessity of bit police since bits is bits and bits are free, but carry intellectual property?
Why do we need much of the post office?
Can U.S. software engineers compete? what about other knowledge workers?
Internet & the Telecomputer replace the telephone: Internet & the Telecomputer replace the telephone Affordable network access & bandwidth must become available
Telecomputers come in various sizes:
1995 prices decline 3x, 9x in 2000, 2005
$1,500 (1995) > $500(2000) >$160 (2005)
Summary: Summary Internet 1.0 laid the foundation ... it gave us mail
Internet 2.0 is great ... allows for all kinds of commerce & interaction
Internet 3.0 is needed if we want video & “being there”
Let’s get the Telcos & Cable folks to build what we need. ... We’re paying for it anyway!
No bit wasting gifs... they waste time & bandwidth: No bit wasting gifs... they waste time & bandwidth Bit wasting
gifs
Spares: Spares
Unibus: for building block computers 1970s-1990s: Unibus: for building block computers 1970s-1990s Processors
if any,
I/O Memories
comm
15 m > 1 m. > 10cm.
Ethernet: The Unibus of the 80s (UART of the 90s): Ethernet: The Unibus of the 80s (UART of the 90s) compute
server print
server file
server comm
server Clients
2Km
How Will Future Computers Be Built?: How Will Future Computers Be Built? Thesis: SNAP: Scaleable Networks and Platforms
upsize from desktop to world-scale computer
based on a few standard components
Because:
Moore’s law: 2x /18 mos.
Standards & commodities
Stratification & competition
When: Sooner than you think!
massive standardization gives massive use
economic forces are enormous
Internet 3.0 Could be the driver!!!!
Unibus: for building block computers 1970s-1990s: Unibus: for building block computers 1970s-1990s Elegance - One, general purpose switch to connect:
processor and memory
i/o and memory
processor and i/o
even i/o and i/o
Longevity
i/o communication remained for 15 years
processor and memory links became specialized
Progenitor of
Nearly all computers, e.g. “multis” 15 m> 1 m > .20cm.
Ethernet: The Unibus of the 80s (UART of the 90s): Ethernet: The Unibus of the 80s (UART of the 90s) Ethernet designed for
DEC: Interconnect VAXen, terminals
Xerox: enable distributed computing (SUN Micro)
Ethernet evolved into a hodge podge of nets and boxes
Distributed computing was very hard, evolving into
expensive, assymmetric, hard to maintain,
client server for a VendorIX
apps are bound to a configuration & VendorIX!
network is NOT the computer
Internet model is less hierarchical, more democratic 2Km