Well, we all use them at some point, thats what I meant, they provide data relays for everyone... Look at the numbers at the bottom of this map.
Centralizing the internet is a risky thing to do, it could just go bust and turn in to what TV is today.
That is awesome, I've been seeing some really cool stuff coming out of CSS3 lately. It's really something I'm looking forward to learn.
I'm making my own terminal emulator too, but I really want it to just look like a terminal, because the back end will be an API and the command line will just be doing AJAX calls to it. Eventually I'll hook up all my other services that have APIs and post to them through one interface. Or thats the plan anyway.