All bandwidth is created equal

Once upon a time, there were three ways to get data into your home: the phone line (which was used for two-way voice communications), over-the-air radio and TV (and maybe a newspaper delivery). Things have changed a little, right? Maybe there's still a phone line, but there's also a high-speed digital line that may be DSL or might come over the cable/fiber TV. We get cell service that's more or less been for voice, but is increasingly used for data as bandwidth increases. Then there's WiFi and WiMAX, or metro broadband wireless, and probably more fixed and mobile communications options than I can think of right now. (And there's a chance you're still getting a newspaper delivered, too.) The point is, 2007 will be the year where the source of the bandwidth pretty much ceases to matter. You'll get your telephone service from somewhere in the cloud, or maybe from some other cloud if you move around a lot. Ditto your TV service. It really won't matter if it's FIOS or Rev. A, wired or VoIP. Telecom infrastructure in 2007 will reach the point of essential ubiquity, forcing you to learn new ways to hang up so you can get a moment's peace to think. Good luck.