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Rick Falkvinge gives the telcos 20 years of life left before it is all over. He also says that the attitude of the telcos is harming growth on the internet.But he predicts three changes that will, in his view, kill them off within a generation: The shift to mobile handsets, the second is the political pressure to make internet connectivity a basic urban utility, and the third is the handsets' increasing ability to place voice calls directly over the internet, bypassing the telco network altogether. Is a mandate for a publicly-owned network the solution? -wouldn't that be something!

Cambodian Internet usage stats. KH - 14,753,320 population (2010) - Area: 181,035 sq km spacerCapital city: Phnom Penh - population 1,781,113 (2007) spacer113,380 Internet users as of Jun/10, 0.8% penetration, per FB. spacer13,380 Facebook users on August 31/10, 0.8% penetration rate.

A Weavr is essentially a smart avatar, a fictional character that you create, with any attributes you like. You then set your character free online, to roam the internet for information relevant to those attributes. According to the parameters you have set, it will return with images, tweets, blog posts and even venue details as it lives its digital life. "It started really as a wild idea," says David Bausola of Philter Phactory. "The biggest users of the internet are bots, so we wanted to give people their own bots. One of my early ones is based on Inspector Morse. The internet's full of stuff about Morse, so my bot constantly trawls the internet for mentions of Oxford, or the murder scenes, or Morse's favorite pubs, and brings them back to me. It's creating its own narrative."

Families that can't afford to pay from $30 per month for Comcast's Internet access services now have a less expensive alternative. The cable provider launched a new plan dubbed Internet Essentials, which will cost low-income families only $10 per month for Web access.

Cambodian telecom, mobile and Internet analysis and outlook.

Being made up of islands, wireless coverage appeals more to the country than creating a fixed network, and most mobile carriers are offering their own wireless Internet flavors that range from USB broadband dongles to the more recently available portable WiFi hubs. WiMax is fully implemented, yet still has insufficient coverage in hard-to-reach areas, and the telcos are already at the LTE testing stage. Users' Internet connectivity is seen to be booming at a growth spurt of 61.74% since 2009, placing it in second place internationally.

Americans clearly see the value in social media.

Numbers on Internet usage in Asia

Indonesia internet usage breakdown and 2009 e-commerce and broadband summary.

ASEAN have revealed their "ICT Masterplan" which includes provisions to create its own regional Internet exchange, complete with an "ASEAN broadband corridor linking key cities in the region". The ICT Masterplan also lays out a framework to increase access to affordable technologies, encourage and train Southeast Asian residents in ICT jobs, and other cross-country initiatives that help bridge the digital divide both between countries and within countries.

Indonesia Internet and Mobile usage summary and market outlook.

How the Internet works according to Google. Might be useful for DSN trainings. (Pages rendered in HTML5, may not work on your browser.)

"The young Egyptian revolutionaries who sparked the protests have told how they used the internet to galvanise Cairo's protest movement. "

This is an important development in social networking that would allow collaboration between people living in very remote areas with limited Internet access.

The E-G8 is supposed to be representative of the Internet society. Two elements are missing: young people and women.

"Below you'll find a section dedicated to our recent slew of Social Good resources including apps, trends, and several surveys of modern fundraising. We've also got all the classics in our Social Mediasocial mediasocial media section with resources on how DiggDiggDigg can survive, details on fashion week, and the future of social media journalism. Tech & Mobile has iPad apps for TwitterTwitterTwitter power users, and some guides on Internet ExplorerInternet ExplorerInternet Explorer 9. Finally, Business reveals details on popular startups, how to pick a great office location, and how to hire a designer."

Social networking is generally more common in higher income nations; however, this is largely driven by the fact that wealthier countries have higher rates of internet access. People in lower income nations who have online access use social networking at rates that are as high, or higher, than those found in affluent countries.

 Pwnedlist.com tells you if your user name or email address has been revealed in one of the recent hacker attacks on, for instance, Gawker or Sony's gaming division. It is worth knowing, especially if you use the same details to log into a variety of sites. All you have to do is type in your email address or user name into the box on Pwnedlist.com and it will tell you if it has appeared in any of lists of data that have been dumped onto the Internet recently.

Google putting all its eggs in open systems. Schmidt admits the Internet is changing in a major way because of mobile and social media. He said Google can do everything better by being more social and remaining open.

The future is already here - it's just not evenly distributed. This is a fairly techie presentation, but the first 32 slide are well worth viewing. This presentation is about building a true web experience for phones. For our DSN projects we don't necessarily care right now. We can take advantage of web accessibility on non-smart phones and Twitter and FB apps that don't even need an Internet connection.