But, we can speculate about the future of the Internet from the shape of its shadows, and the distant rumble of its thunder. The Internet is already firmly established as a new worldwide communication medium that lends itself to the peculiar needs of international dialogue. Messages can be sent and received around the clock, and no one need answer a phone or be in her office for the message to get through. No telephone tag. No waiting up for that midnight call from Japan.
Response is quick and efficient.
Again, no telephone tag is necessary to get a reply message through. Not to worry, however. As software systems get better, this problem should largely disappear. A majority of the programming content of the Internet originates in the United States. The Internet largely runs on U.S. software, is accessed by U.S. software, and is controlled by U.S. software.