Well, the next generation of the internet, called imaginatively "The Grid", is on its way. Essentially a parallel network of academics and corps that uses internet technology but with all fibre optic cables and new switches is how the grid is described.
Will this network replace the internet? I doubt it, but the internet, over time, will be upgraded to the tech standard of the Grid.
Read more here-
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3689881.ece
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