Ballenxj wrote:
Griff in Fairbanks wrote:
No, the two major internet service providers in Alaska are predominately Alaskan companies.
Hmm, OK. Thought I might have been on to something since my connection has been doing the same things lately. Connection reset, etc.
As someone who's spent a half century in-depth in the computers and communications industries, I can say it's symptoms of system-wide problems.
The Internet has, by an exponential order of magnitude, grown far beyond anybody's expectations. It's tremendous popularity and ubiquitous nature is straining everything from the backbone down to individual companies, universities, and government agencies.
In countries where the Internet is keeping pace with demand, doing so is the result of government backing and finance. Unfortunately, that's not true in North American in general and the United States in particular.
If you want to really give yourself a headache, try exploring and understanding who's responsible for the Internet, who's involve in maintaining it, and especially how it's funded. It makes even the most complex multinational corporations appear remarkably simple.
Nobody, including the most astute science fiction authors, could have envisioned it.
