Better searching can help you find the information you need more quickly. But that may not be much help if you have to wait for ever to download it. If your network provider has joined the DESIRE caching mesh, though, the information may already be waiting for you.

Caching is just a way of making sure that copies of frequently-consulted information are kept close to the people who use it. So instead of having to retrieve the information from the other side of the world it could be available in the same building. It's all automatic, so users don't have to keep track of where the copies are located, they just see faster access times.

Caches can typically speed information retrieval by a factor of 10 and reduce total web traffic by up to 50%, saving both time and money.

There are already interlinked national caching systems in Norway and the Netherlands and the DESIRE mesh is spreading across Europe. It's open to everyone and there's help available, so it's easy to take part.