They rarely make you laugh, intentionally. Someone must have fooled Leadbeater. It turned out to be slow, dense, clunky and boring. A brief look into the political economy of bandwidth could help. Speed on the internet is moody and in constant flux, not only depending on one's investment in hardware, locality and available connectivity.
Speed is subjective and cultural experience.
A whole range of unknown factors can bring the undisturbed surfing to a sudden halt. Over the years, bandwidth suddenly has grown, however, this progress has been too slow for users to notice. I nstead of analysing the present, Leadbeater rushes back to the future. The next internet will be accessed everywhere, anytime, not just through hefty computers. He is promising nothing less than paradise on earth.