<s>
The	O
Negroponte	B-General_Concept
Switch	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
idea	O
developed	O
by	O
Nicholas	O
Negroponte	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
while	O
at	O
the	O
Media	O
Lab	O
at	O
MIT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
an	O
event	O
organized	O
by	O
Northern	O
Telecom	O
,	O
his	O
co-presenter	O
George	O
Gilder	O
called	O
it	O
the	O
“	O
Negroponte	B-General_Concept
Switch	I-General_Concept
”	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
name	O
stuck	O
from	O
then	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
came	O
about	O
,	O
connections	O
were	O
needed	O
for	O
the	O
data	O
network	O
,	O
and	O
bandwidths	O
were	O
required	O
and	O
deliverable	O
in	O
wired	O
or	O
fibre-optic	O
systems	O
growth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cory	O
Doctorow	O
,	O
author	O
and	O
Electronic	O
Frontier	O
Foundation	O
activist	O
,	O
described	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
the	O
switch	O
as	O
unwiring	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
