Most new Internet users will not speak English as their first language, which will create increasing pressure to accommodate different languages on the same domain name system, and many new Internet users will have different cultural and societal beliefs on issues such as free speech, privacy, and copyrights. The new generation of Internet users may also change the hardware industry, as flashy, big-screen laptops with fast DVD players give way to sturdy, reliable, energy-efficient laptops. Methods for accessing the Internet may also change, as widespread broadband may be too expensive for small developing communities, which may rely more on wireless and satellite-based connectivity. | how the next billion will reshape the internet

it seems while the rest reported solely about domain names, one stayed a little bit longer at the internet governance forum and listened ...

... and there is the interview with gaetano

the question may be: ¿is it possible to predict the weather with your collected data in hindsight?

maybe one could also consider that historically "weather" satellites were always good for surveillance tactics first.

The DNS workload animated maps show the number of queries and clients seen by one of the .CL nameservers in Chile and its hourly variation along two days of traces beginning on July 3rd 2007 at 21:00 (UTC). The animation provides a view of the world map and colors countries based on the load that each country originates. The use of a terminator to show the sun's shadow helps depict potential diurnal patterns in the displayed data. | caida

a day in the life of the internet
two days in the life of the dns anycast root servers