There are some companies that say the only solution for the internet is to start over from a clean slate, and redesign everything so that it's more reliable and more secure. In other words replace the internet with a different totally new network. There are a couple of research project going on out there one of them is called GENI, I forgot what the other one was called. Check out this article from computer world http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/