As we all know, at the moment the Internet is a global 'network of networks' based on the TCP/IP protocol. Quite apart from the fact that this protocol's days are numbered, one can envisage the time soon when the Internet has evolved to become 'The Network', the global infrastructure or grid upon which all the world's communications of whatever type are transported. For as manufacturers, operators and users strive for increased inter-operability, all roads seem to lead to the unification of today's networks into a 'super Internet' supporting all manner of different transport technologies. This spells a number of far-reaching consequences for communications law and regulation.
The Net is a 'free spirit'
