Re:How I’d Fix the Internet
by adpoe on Sunday December 25, 2016 @11:37AM
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Could there reasonably be multiple competing "internets" -- with different protocols, different 'rules', design and so on?
I don't pretend to know how to 'fix' anything (much less something as complex as the internet), but I do feel like it would be beneficial to have some competition in this space, to whatever degree it's possible.
When there's only one option, a variety of problems associated with monolithic systems and monopolies will inevitably arise--as we've seen with the current system.
Re:How I’d Fix the Internet
by hexscrews on Sunday December 25, 2016 @12:49PM
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In some ways, there are. If you consider china's Great Firewall, Tor, I2P, various encrypted spaces. They aren't the "internet" so much as a layer over the internet.
I don't pretend to know how to 'fix' anything (much less something as complex as the internet), but I do feel like it would be beneficial to have some competition in this space, to whatever degree it's possible.
When there's only one option, a variety of problems associated with monolithic systems and monopolies will inevitably arise--as we've seen with the current system.