<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Actually, if you go back to The Times story <a href="http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6169488.ece">http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6169488.ece</a><div>from which The Advertiser derived its story you will find it references "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; ">a report being compiled by Nemertes Research, a respected American think-tank, will warn that the web has reached a critical point and that even the recession has failed to stave off impending problems."</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">There is earlier stuff along these lines on the Nemertes site, but nothing quite so doom-laden. So I guess we will have to wait for Nemertes to pronounce on the future of the Internet (and pay $$$$ for its report)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><br></span></font></div><div>Stuart Corner</div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><p align="">Editor ExchangeDaily<br>iTWire Pty Ltd<br>PO Box 40, Enmore NSW 2042<br>Tel: +61 2 8002 1836<br>Fax: +61 2 9012 0702<br>Mob: +61 419 492 190<br>stuart@exchange.com.au<br><br>***********************************************************<br>ExchangeDaily: industry news, comment and analysis<br>for telecommunications executives - timely, concise,<br>relevant, expertly written.<br> <br>*** FREE 14 DAY TRIAL: http://www.itwire.com/exchange***<br><br>***********************************************************<br></p><p></p> </div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div><br></body></html><br><hr size=1>Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering.<br><a href=http://www.mailguard.com.au/mg>http://www.mailguard.com.au/mg</a><br>
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