I was recently asked what about the Internet in the last 10 years surprised me most, and what surprise I anticipate in the next 10 years.
In millions of homes around the world are little WiFi boxes that you can turn over, and each says underneath “Made by Linksys, a Cisco company. San Jose, USA.”
So the big surprise in the last 10 years is that you can go to almost any town in the developed world, walk around a bit, and find free fast connectivity to the rest of the world. I couldn’t possibly have guessed that.
And the surprise for 2015? There will be the same little WiFi-like boxes in millions of homes and businesses. Ten times faster, ten times cheaper. But underneath they’ll say “Made by Cisco, a Huawei Technologies company. Shenzhen, China.”
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I agree with you.
I just think you overevaluate the power of Cisco.
It will probably be:
“Made by Huaweicin, a Huawei Technologies company. Shenzhen, China.”
and may be in chinese...
Posted by: at September 8, 2005 10:44 AMTen years: ten times faster, ten times cheaper. So what happened to Moore's Law then?
Posted by: at September 9, 2005 09:45 AMunderneath they’ll say “Made by Cisco, a Huawei Technologies company" - lol
Posted by: at September 9, 2005 11:48 PMLOL
I worked with both Cisco and Linksys as suppliers in my old role and now work for Huawei - I think (personal opinion) Huawei would love to buy Cisco!!!
Posted by: at September 13, 2005 09:16 AM