Those who have used the Internet since it was first widely available in the 1990s, have viewed with dismay the deterioration of its Usefulness over the past decade. While computer manufacturers have installed faster processors, and service providers have announced generation after generation of supposedly faster connections, the reality has been a trend in the opposite direction. There is no doubt that technological advances have made all electronic systems work faster, but the increase in speed has been more than offset by manipulations serving commercial interests.