In the years between now and 2020, the Internet will mostly remain a technology based on the end-to-end principle that was envisioned by the Internet's founders. Most disagreements over the way information flows online will be resolved in favor of a minimum number of restrictions over the information available online and the methods by which people access it.
In the years between now and 2020, the Internet will mostly become a technology where intermediary institutions that control the architecture and significant amounts of content will be successful in gaining the right to manage information and the method by which people access and share it.
target year
2020
subject
end-to-end principle and internet control
share agree
61
share disagree
33
share other
{"no_response":6}
respondents
895
majority view
agree
question format
tension_pair
confidence
high
note
The report says many who chose the first option called it a hope, not an expectation.