Year book of Internet

(from JJ’s perspective)

2010.3

http://dreamgoer.net

@dreamgoer_JJ

JJ Cho

Before you move to next

• I listed the changes happened in Internet from 1992 to today (2010)

• This is totally my own view, so it could be wrong.

• I tried to be neutral, but I admit I maybe somewhat biased due to my national background (Korea)

• Images are taken from Internet without getting proper permission,some images may not be right for the content (don’t argue with this)

• Still in progress, so pages may be updated without prior notice

※ Regarding the images included in the slides,I am not going to get any profit from this images. It is only to share.If there is anyone who offended by my use of them, please tell me. I will get rid of the image.

~1992 (Text world)

• Internet via telephony lines (Analog modem)

• Text-based, bbs style internet use (~1990)

• Internet only for Geeks – Telnet, SLIP, PPP, FTP, Gopher, SMTP, etc

• Waiting was a virtue

1993 – GUI Intro

• Since Windows 3.0 release (1990), GUI prevails(Most BBS moves from dos to Windows environment)

• People joins online

– AOL becomes the most popular internet connection point

– In Korea, Unitel, Hitel, Chollian Majic Eye, etc…

• However, internet still belongs to Geeks

1994 – HTML Internet appears

• HTML appears

• Stunned text-based Geeks

• Mostly Hypertext, not hyper-media

1995 – Commercial Internet Browsers

• Netscape navigators (Originally 1994…)

• MS recognizes the importance of Internet Internet Explorer

• Internet becomes EASIER

1996 – IPv6 appears

• Internet becomes popular

– Company, univ, and other organizations are asking for IP addresses

– Mostly for email

• People worry depletion of IP address IPv6 appear

• Also, note that IPv6 addresses security, QoS issue

1997 – Internet not for geeks any more

• Easy search tools Yahoo (1996), Google (1997)

• Major usage: Mail (AOL in US, Hanmail in Korea)

• In Korea, thruNet offers the 1st cable-based broadband service

• People, not geeks, joins Internet

1998 – Telco’s Broadband prep

• All the major telcos prepare for broadband Internet Connection Service

• Backbone network direction : ATM vs. IP?

– Cisco IP, Lucent, Alcatel ATM

– growing concerns of QoS, due to multimedia data

1999 – Broadband Internet ready

• xDSL commerically serviced (In Korea, worldwide first)

• Faster Internet “Wow, internet pages are like pages in the book!!!”

2000 – P2P new paradaim

• Napster appears : 1999 introduced, 2000 got attention

• In Korea, Soribada was Korean version of the napster

• NW traffic increase a lot

2001 – P2P, Private router enjoys popularity

• P2P: Not only song, but also videos, binaries, everything are shared

– Kazaa, eDonkey …

– Becomes a headache of Broadband Service Providers

• Private router (IP sharing gateway) at home

– Eating broadband service profit

• Cheap internet enabled

2002 – Wireless Internet (3G)

• Mobile data communication gets its popularity– Wireless data network serviced since 2000

– Huge earnings to wireless service providers by multimedia ringback tone

• Slowly moving to mobile Internet (yet, very slow)

• Mobile Internet sprouts up in Japan (Softbank 3G)

2003 –Stagnation of broadband business

• Qos temporarily solved esp. in backbone

– MPLS begin to addresses QoS in ISP backbones

– Over-provisioning by gigabit interfaces

• Broadband business

– More bandwidth requirement means more network investment.

– But revenue still the same

– Try different service, but not much effective : VoD, VoIP, etc…

2004 – Broadband down, Mobile up

• Broadband service provider becomes mere line sellers

– Attempt to get hegemony back by service (IPTV, VoIP) made, but well

– Money goes to contents providers, esp., portals.

• Mobile operators enjoys profit from their walled garden

2005 – Attempt to open the walled garden

• Broadband service providers envy mobile operators

• Broadband service providers try to open walled garden with beyond 3G

– Mobile wimax service started

– Sprint-nextel: Wimax commercial Service

– KT Wibro (Korean version of mobile Wimax Service)

• Attempt was just an attempt

2006 – UCC, more traffic in the Net

• Multimedia everywhere

– Youtube taken over by Google

– Following to this trend, many video stream services sprang up (In Korea, daum, freechal, naver,…)

• Internet gets filled with UCC (user created contents)

2007 – iPhone

• Mobile internet enabled by iPhone

– AT&T who fights against verizon introduced iPhone

– People experiences mobile Internet

• Winner

– not AT&T, not Verizon wireless

– Apple, the one who has the last smile

2008 – Social Media noticed

• Facebook becomes major social tool

– Web 2.0 enabled by F8 Connect

– Things become social (ex: social games such as Zynga)

• Twitter getting popularity (ABC news introduces twitter)

• People hear the word “Social Media”

2009 – Mobile connected services

• Various Internet gadget

– Phones: IP Phone(SoIP Phone in Korea), smart phone (Win Mo, iPhone, Simbian…)

– Others: Kindle, netbooks, WebTV (OTT)

• Many Mobile Applications that detours existing paid services

– Mobile VoIP: Fring, Nimbuzz…

– Instead of SMS: Twitter, Facebook, Yammer, etc

• Thanks to those mobile gadget,

we are always on Internet

2010 – Everything Mobile & Social

• Thins are all mobile and social, what could that mean to you?

• Year 2010 will be very important whatever your business will be

SNS, LBS, Mashup, FMC, Mobile Office, UC, AR, Web TV, Enterprise 2.0 …

Conclusion

Things are changing so quickly and heavily

The only constant that you can be sure of is YOU

Where do I have to go?

As already told,this PPT is not finished,(may never be finished)