yes, but the underlying driving thing is the technology. politics and money push the "deploy" button, but when they do, it's because a newer better technology arrived. maybe we'll jump over tunderbold and move to the Next Big Thing directly

no. we can buy a really big cloud umbrella for 7 billion, to keep us in the shade. but when that vapour is out of the air, just like the days after 9/11, we're in for a very hot summer.

it's funny as hell to see so many people talking seriously about how many gigs / months you can download, or about municipal fiber. i live in romania, and i bet 99% of you don't know where that is. the lowest plan comes with unlimited internet, 100 mbps metropolitan download, tv, and a phone with unlimited calls in the same network, all for about 15 euros. competition is a beautiful thing, isn't it? the only competition americans get is how companies get to screw you harder.