1. Reflections
on
the
various
ways
in
which
the
Internet
is
changing
on
a
global
scale.
If the Internet stumbles, it will not be because we lack the technology,
vision, or motivation. It will because we still need to collectively march
into the future –
Darryl
Gray,
Chief
Executive
Officer
www.attobahn.com
We
make
the
probable
possible.
Prepared
by:
James
e.
Woody,
Director
of
Communications
8/4/2014

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The Internet as we know it today has been the basis of one of the most
amazing technological revolutions in history. It has brought the world
closer together as a boundless platform for human expression, creation and
innovation.
The Internet has given us a view of humanity that no generation has experienced
before. All of this was done without a central authority. Since its birth, the Internet has
been managed in an open, collaborative and inclusive manner. This is known as the
"multi-stakeholder governance model".
The idea is simple, yet powerful: every voice matters in determining how the Internet
will evolve. Governments, international organizations, experts and users like you all
working together for the collective good. This also means that we all have a stake in
preserving the Internet's founding principles - not only for those who enjoy it today,
but for future generations.
We all have worked hard to create a collaborative, open and accessible Internet – one
that is not walled, not censored, not fractured. We must keep it that way! While the
digital scholars debate with the telecommunication companies over net neutrality,
most people are unaware of this, and many citizens see the Open Internet as a
marginal issue. This is because the general public sees the Internet as a place for
entertainment and commerce, and not essential for accomplishing everyday tasks in
the 21st century and beyond.
AttoBahn empowers news organizations with the ability to obtain their massive need to
produce literature and messages while connecting with the core principals of the
Internet as a freedom. It has been my experience that the content out there talking
about the benefits of net neutrality or the evils of the lack, are grounded in legal
arguments. Or, it is aimed at the thin layer of techies and computer programmers.
There is less out there about what network neutrality, SOPA, and PIPA really means
for the average person. By average person, I mean someone who may not be a
programmer or connected in some way to tech centers such as Silicon Valley or New
York City.
In brief, we seek to further the conversation with regard to, for example, a mother
using online education to give her child a head start in school, or a grandfather
speaking with his grandson 1000 miles away, or a college graduate looking to start an
online business. The examples are endless. We need to enhance the conversation to
include community leaders having the ability to start their own websites, children's
creativity being stifled because they cannot share content as easily online, and so on.
Once people get the picture that an open Internet is as important for everyday life as,
say, roads or a police force, the narrative of Internet use will change. The Internet must
be understood as a fundamental right for all global citizens. When this happens, any
attempts to close the Internet will be met with resistance.
Darryl Gray, Chairman & chief Executive Officer

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Introduction
The
majority
of
end-­users
perceive
this
evolution
in
the
form
of
changes
and
updates
to
the
software
and
networked
applications
that
they
are
familiar
with,
or
with
the
arrival
of
entirely
new
applications
that
change
the
way
they
communicate,
do
business,
entertain
themselves,
and
so
on.
Evolution is a constant feature throughout the network ‘stack’. Fundamental discoveries
in optical networking that allow ever more bandwidth to be obtained from deployed fiber-
optic cables, new standards for wired and wireless link technologies (such as 100 gigabit
Ethernet and LTE), new congestion control algorithms, improved security infrastructures:
these are all examples of the kind of evolution that most users don’t see.
Reflecting on what those changes mean for the likely future trajectory of the Internet is
critical. The Internet is as much a collection of communities as a collection of
technologies, and its success is largely attributable to both satisfying basic community
needs as well as utilizing the community in an effective way to push the infrastructure
forward.
The availability of pervasive networking (i.e., the Internet) along with powerful affordable
computing and communications in portable form is making possible a new paradigm of
nomadic computing and communications. It is changing to accommodate yet another
generation of underlying network technologies with different characteristics and
requirements.
Attobahn
will
forever
change
the
mode
of
internet
access
as
the
new
form
of
service
that
will
spawn
new
applications,
which
in
turn
will
drive
further
evolution
of
the
internet
itself.
The Internet, although a network in name and geography, is a creature of the computer,
not the traditional network of the telephone or television industry. It will, indeed it must,
continue to change and evolve at the speed of the real time transport, in order to
support, for example, high definition audio and video streams. So we ask you to think
about the Internet as an evolving whole?
What form would such evolution take, and where could we look for data that offers
insight into changes at the macro scale? In an effort to find answers to these questions,
we present the data here, along with some of the key findings that we believe reflect on,
and define the Internet evolving.

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“The
Internet
of
Things”
represents
a
major
departure
in
the
history
of
the
Internet,
as
connections
move
beyond
computing
devices,
and
begin
to
power
billions
of
everyday
devices,
from
parking
meters
to
home
thermostats.
The following are some driving issues of the most clearly discernible trends in how the
Internet of things is changing, backed up by hard data, in the hope that this will cause
you to think more about what this means as an opportunity for AttoBahn as solution for
the “next” Internet as a whole.
• Estimates for Internet of Things (LoT) market value are massive, since by
definition the LoT will be a diffuse layer of devices, sensors, and computing
power that overlays entire consumer, business-to-business, and government
industries.
• The LoT will account for an increasingly huge number of connections: 1.9 billion
devices today, and 9 billion by 2018. That year, it will be roughly equal to the
number of smartphones, smart TVs, tablets, wearable computers, and PCs
combined.
Our research reporters looked at the transition of once-inert objects into sensor-laden
intelligent devices that can communicate with the other gadgets in our lives. In the
consumer space, many products and services have already crossed over into the LoT,
including kitchen and home appliances, lighting and heating products, and insurance
company-issued car monitoring devices that allow motorists to pay insurance only for the
amount of driving they do.
List of leading business-to-business and government applications:
• Connected advertising and marketing. Cisco believes that this category (think
Internet-connected billboards) will be one of the top three LoT categories, along with
smart factories, and telecommuting support systems.
• Intelligent traffic management systems. Machina research, in a paper
prepared for the GSM Association, sees $100 billion in revenue by 2020 for applications
such as toll-taking and congestion penalties. A related revenue source will be smart
parking-space management, expected to drive $30 billion in revenue.
• Waste management systems. In Cincinnati, Ohio (USA) residential waste
volume fell 17% and recycling volume grew by 49% through use of a “pay as you throw”
program that used LoT technology to monitor those who exceed waste limits.
• Smart electricity grids that adjust rates for peak energy usage. These will
represent savings of $200 billion to $500 billion per year by 2025, according to the
McKinsey Global Institute.

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• Smart water systems and meters. The cities of Doha, São Paulo, Brazil and
Beijing, China have both reduced leaks by 40 to 50% by putting sensors on pumps and
other water infrastructure. As well as industrial uses including Internet-managed
assembly lines, connected factories, and warehouses, etc.
Inherit Questions:
• Which products, industries, enterprise and technologies are gaining the most
traction?
• What are the sizes of the markets for the LoT in terms of total devices, revenue,
and economic value and where will growth come from in the future?
• What are the building blocks of LoT devices?
• How will devices be linked and what solutions are smart objects being designed
to address?
• What are the obstacles that could hinder the LoT from realizing its full potential?

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The
Internet
has
become
an
ever
more
pervasive
and
critical
infrastructure
underpinning
society
and
commerce
around
the
globe,
so
understanding
the
ways
in
which
the
Internet
is
changing
grows
in
importance
for
technologists
and
policymakers
alike.
Conclusion:
• The current Internet is based on technologies developed more than a quarter
century ago. The problem that has plagued the Internet is its inability to truly
accommodate high definition voice and video to expand on our potential for
delivering information that expands our human interactions.
• The architecture of the Internet will be driven by the success of AttoBahn to
become a proliferation of stakeholders - stakeholders now with an economic as
well as an intellectual investment in its network.