The lines between e-commerce and ordinary commerce will blur. The technological savvy of megacorporations will be affordable and available to small businesses. And an interplanetary Internet will link Earth and Mars. And all of these predictions are expected to become reality in the next five to 10 years. Much of the technology already exists.
Some applications are in early stage rollouts.
More people are connecting to the Internet every day. Plus, the network is running at higher bandwidth and higher speed at its edge as well as its core, says Vinton G. Cerf, a technology pioneer who's often called the father of the Internet. Some experts share their visions. The workplace of 2050 will be wireless in large measure, MCI WorldCom's Vinton G. Cerf says. People will wear little devices that help track them down.