Network Laws

          When it comes to the three different network laws Metcalfe’s law, which is the law that states that the value of that particular telecommunications network is directly proportional tot he square of the number of users on the system (n²),  is what I agree with the most. It was created by George Gilder in 1993 in relation to Robert Metcalfe the principles of Ethernet, which is our method of data transfer today from modems to routers and then Wi-Fi. The larger the network with compatible devices connected to that network , the more the worth of that value, whether that is in terms of money or data. All of the devices connected to the network are in turn connected to each other multiplying the worth of the network. Each device that is connected to that network is in tern connected to other networks which allows for cross network communication. Sarnoff’s law however directly correlates the exact amount of users on the network to the worth of the network and the users are not connected to each other.

When it comes to how people get their information from these networks in the next five years will go to mostly small notifications and tidbits of information due to our ever shrinking attention spans caused by our electronic devices. The internet has already taken over as our prime source of our daily information. We can obtain access to the internet through almost any public building and residence in the Unites States today. In the next five years companies like Google are going to be bringing high speed internet access to everyone cheaper and more efficiently than the phone companies. I believe just this ability to easily access the internet will change how all of us will soon be getting our information. Just 5 years ago we watched Television more to get our information as well as used our computers to access the web, now we mostly use our mobile devices to do both.