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Light has been stopped in its tracks. Within the confines of an innovative new network router technology, light has been slowed down from approximately 186,000 miles per second to - literally nothing. Zero. 0. Dead stop. The impact? Network routing technology that allowed for the instant evaluation of each individual light photon, and instant...

Light has been stopped in its tracks. Within the confines of an innovative new network router technology, light has been slowed down from approximately 186,000 miles per second to - literally nothing. Zero. 0. Dead stop. The impact? Network routing technology that allowed for the instant evaluation of each individual light photon, and instant determination of destination and origin. The result was an immeasurable and staggering increase in broadband speed; so much so that "yottabit-to-the-home" became the new, established buzzword for the world of telecom.
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Publish Date2014-12-28
Updated Date2026-09-18
Made Date2014-12-28
Target Date2025-12-31
Horizonlater
Outcomemiss
Confidencemedium

Jim Carroll’s 2014 prediction #22 for 2025.

Retrospective grade: Didn’t Happen.

Light has been stopped in its tracks. Within the confines of an innovative new network router technology, light has been slowed down from approximately 186,000 miles per second to - literally nothing. Zero. 0. Dead stop. The impact? Network routing technology that allowed for the instant evaluation of each individual light photon, and instant determination of destination and origin. The result was an immeasurable and staggering increase in broadband speed; so much so that “yottabit-to-the-home” became the new, established buzzword for the world of telecom.

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IndustriesWorkforce & Professional ServicesExpertise is being reorganized around AI augmentation, knowledge velocity, new career structures and the ability to assemble skills at speed.IndustriesTechnology & TelecomConnectivity is becoming ubiquitous while intelligence moves everywhere: cloud, edge, devices, networks and autonomous systems increasingly operate as one fabric.IndustriesAutomotive & TransportationThe vehicle is becoming a computer, a battery, a data platform and an increasingly autonomous node inside a larger mobility system.DomainsSociety, Skills & WorkChanging skills, careers, demographics, generational values and the organizational structures of work.DomainsCities & InfrastructureSmart infrastructure, urban reinvention, resilient systems and the technology reshaping how places are built and operated.Scorecards25 Trends for 2025: 2014 Forecast ScorecardA retrospective grading of 25 predictions Jim Carroll published in 2014 about the year 2025.

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