Where is the difficulty of internet popularization in China?

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General Secretary Hu Jintao said at the beginning of this year, to effectively build a new generation of internet, good use, good management. Careful thinking, this message conveys an important information that China is building our own Internet. But who is building? A few months later, Hunan Satellite TV disclosed that a new generation of internet settled in Hunan and built a demonstration network. I contacted Hunan immediately and confirmed that it was true.

Coincidence。 I am considering going to Hunan research, Hunan Special network of the principal person Mr. Cheng Hengzhi to Beijing to meet me, network technology, I am ignorant, is a layman, but the future of the new generation of Internet applications, but very concerned about. The meeting, Mr. Cheng introduced to me the development of the Internet in China (decimal), and simplified, explain the Chinese to enable the new generation of internet and renting the United States the difference between the Internet. I can understand roughly four points.

One is that China's self-developed new generation of Internet (IPV9) has more IP addresses and domain names than the US second-generation Internet (IPV6). Figuratively speaking, if the United States second generation of the internet can give every grain of sand on Earth to give domain name, then the Chinese new generation of internet, at least to each grain of sand can allocate 100 domain names.

Second, the Internet IP address distribution right now in the United States, proximity, Americans naturally to take the initiative. It is inconceivable that the total number of IP addresses allocated to mainland China is less than that of Stanford University in the United States. If China's new generation of internet enabled, we will be able to allocate IP address, and become the second after the United States has the right to network address ownership and distribution of the country.

Third, the maintenance of information security. As we all know, the current Internet 15 root node servers, 13 in the United States, one in the European Union, one in Japan, and all controlled by the United States. All electronic information has to be resolved through the United States, it can be said that leasing the United States Internet, China is not secret security. Conversely, if you enable your own Internet, the root node server in China, can not only resolve IPV9 domain name, but also compatible with Ipv4/ipv6, safe and reliable, a network deposit.

Four is the service expense province. It is said that the cost of using the existing Internet and its equipment and software is more than $500 billion per year for the United States, which exceeds the national defense budget of our year. And if we use our own new generation of Internet, the service charge will be reduced to one-tenth.

I am not easy to believe all the opinion of Mr. Cheng. Seeing is believing, at the beginning of September, my colleagues and I went to Hunan to visit, at the end of last month, I served the Central Party School Economics Department host, invited the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Information Industry, Ministry of Commerce and the National Defense Science and Technology university officials and experts It is believed that the advanced nature of our new generation of internet has no doubt, the problem is that domestic users are accustomed to the Internet in the United States.

Yes, the conversion of the Internet, old and new, will not be as simple as changing clothes. In economic analysis, habit is only one thing, but cost is important. I sound that China's new Internet service fee is lower than the United States, people should switch to the new network. In fact, in the eyes of users, the cost is not just a service charge. Economics says that cost is opportunity cost, which is the highest price to make some choice and give up another choice. For example, choose to go to college, the cost is to give up to work, and choose to use the new network, the cost is to abandon the old net.

The key is that leasing the United States Internet has a lot of input, such as the acquisition of servers and routers, buy domain names, building firewalls and so on, spend a lot, these are sunk costs. If the old net does not need to switch to the new net, the opportunity cost of using the new net includes at least the investment that spends on the old net. Thus, the cost of switching to the new network is not low. Having visited several users, the current switch to the new network is an important reason for the high opportunity cost.

Therefore, to promote the new network, it is urgent to try to reduce the opportunity cost of using the new network. Just as the current backbone network, the new and old two network share, the cost of the new network will not increase, if the server and routers can also be used, then the cost of switching to the new network will be greatly reduced. Has consulted experts on this, according to experts said, the current old network equipment, just a little modification of the new network software, the new network are available, the technology is no serious. If that is the case, why not the experts?

It should be admitted that, technically, the new network, although better than the old network, but also congenitally deficient. The most important thing is that the new net users are few. How to win a user? Reducing service charges is a method, but that is not enough, because for the average business user, they are concerned about the benefits. And now the trouble is Baidu, Google and other search engines also catch the new network information, if the commercial users at this time to switch to the new network, will inevitably lose the click rate, so that advertising revenue will be affected. Therefore, as a carrier, the new network should be connected with the common search engine as soon as possible, this matter is easy, but not early do will be penny wise.

In fact, the promotion of new nets, you can first find a number of basic users. In my opinion, the basic users of China's new network should be the government first. As mentioned above, one of the advantages of the new network is information security. The most concerned about information security, of course, is the government. Therefore, the promotion of new nets, may wish to focus on the government online. After all, the government does not aim to profit, so long as it can persuade the government to take the lead, what worries the new network does not have basic users?

Is by no means whimsical. A few days ago in Changsha, Hunan province leaders told me that as long as the new network can be included in the government procurement list, Hunan Government first use the new network is not a problem. Bare, it seems that the new network to promote the difficulties, not only in technology, but also the reasons for the system. Clearly, if the relevant State departments do not include the new network in the procurement list, the local government would like to buy can not buy, the new net can only be shut out.

Frankly speaking, I am optimistic about the promotion of the new network. The new network technology is mature, the central government attaches importance to, the system problem I believe sooner or later will solve. The problem is that the results of innovation can not be delayed, it is related to national interests, the Government will be able to start from the overall situation, the promotion of China's independent innovation results, attitude more positive, support more efforts!