Coming soon: superfast internet

I’ve seen the future of the internet, and we’ll no longer be surfing, we’ll be “warping” (or something) and better still, it’ll all be rock n roll…

The internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds. At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less than two seconds. The latest spin-off from Cern, the particle physics centre that created the web, the grid could also provide the kind of power needed to transmit holographic images; allow instant online gaming with hundreds of thousands of players; and offer high-definition video telephony for the price of a local call.

While “the grid” sounds more like the stuff of the distant - 50 years from now - future, some people will be able to tap into it as soon as year end.

I’m sure this will especially suit the Rolling Stones, though I dare say they’ll be still around in the “distant - 50 years from now - future” anyway…