Will 2008 be the year of net neutrality, or not? Will we finally see decent broadband connections in countries like Australia? Andy Abramson talks about the failure of monopoly regulators in the States to take advantage of their position — will 2008 be the year in which they do?

Regardless of the answers to any of these questions, it's clear that bandwidth demands will continue to rise, particularly in the mobile sphere. As mobile video becomes increasingly commonplace, and as apps like Skype make the move to mobile platforms, we'll be expecting our mobiles to cope with high data transfer rates and low latency. Will 2008 be the year of bandwidth? No, that'll be 2009, and 2010, and pretty much every year from now on. But it's clear that more is better in this case, so any increase in provision and decrease in cost will always be welcome

Update: GigaOM predicts that WiMAX might, maybe take off in 2008, but doesn’t hold out any great hopes.