- Author
- Giovanni
- Published
- 8 June 2026
- Kind
- Personal blog post, a speculative essay
- Original
- inavoyage.blogspot.com/2026/06/im-building-parallel-internet-and-its.html
- Subject
- Future of computing
What it is
Giovanni runs a Blogger site and wrote this in June 2026. The post wanders through earlier essays, Steve Jobs and cable capacity before reaching its proposal. Later edits and comments answer objections.
What it says
- The author says internet speed is part of the user experience.
- The post imagines a minimal traffic mode with known, small page sizes for essential data.
- The author offers this as a fallback if infrastructure fails during outages or congestion.
- The post says an engineer could design five speed tiers, important data first.
- An edit says it is a shared lane, not a walled garden.
- The author guesses Steve Jobs would have pursued this, and admits having no proof.
What evidence it gives
The post offers analogies and argument only. The author mentions a personal Symbian SMS relay and slow-connection testing. No design, code or measurements for Thinnernet are shown.
Interests and limits
Despite the title, the post describes no working system. The author writes partly for humor and admits having no proof for some claims. A commenter asked who would ship the lean tier. The replies are partial.