In a few years, a few atoms will make the switches. This is already done experimentally. Soon, computers will be billions of times faster than now, with some as small as a blood cell. Smaller means faster, because it takes less time for light or electricity to travel an inch than it takes to travel a foot. Computers are very different than cars.
Different rules apply because moving and storing information is different than moving people.
Time soon printed a retraction of the article. But the damage was done, and soon, many people tried to make the Internet live up to its' new reputation. But still, it is only a tiny fraction of all that is on the Internet. That's not an easy problem to solve. No one owns the Internet.