Future of Internet as I see it...
My thoughts on the future of the internet:
1) Companies are becoming more dependant on banner ads, which will be proven ineffective. Companies will resort to charging for anything and everything they offer.
2) People will become less willing to pay for things they can not hold in thier hands, and the numbers companies offering internet based services will deminish. (hotmail as an example)
3) The internet will become a way of getting information, not a way of making a profit. Companies will provide thier own web page, with information about thier products, free hosting will not exist. Some companies will survive, provided they have a product that people will buy, such as forms of media.
4) Search engines will charge for thier services, or become a seperate piece of software.
5) The internet will become more like it was originally intended to be, an information super hi-way, not a marketing billboard.