Top Ten Trends

The Top Ten Internet Trends for the 21st Century

1. The Net will become the first global knowledge network connecting billions of people with an unlimited number of channels.
2. Anyone can become a Net publisher or broadcaster of information on any subject and potentially reach an audience anywhere on the globe.
3. The convergence of the Net, digital TV, and wireless phones will support interactive multimedia features that will transform business and society.
4. Direct real-time voice and video communications will greatly boost the Net's value as a tactical tool for business.
5. Net usage will accelerate, as low-cost, high-speed bandwidth becomes readily available over Fat Pipes of streaming multimedia.
6. ability to feel and sense 3-D virtual places, things, and people will drive universal adoption of the Net.
7. Access to information on any subject will be available anywhere over the Net and delivered by a variety of media appliances.
8. The Net will change lifestyles by providing many more choices for living and virtually tele-collaborating with anyone, anywhere.
9. Private cybercommunities, virtual private networks that cater to people's niche interests, will become popular "places" to live and work.
10. Education, entertainment, health, and lifestyle pursuits will be reshaped by the Net as billions of people communicate and share information.