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Technology Stocks : LAST MILE TECHNOLOGIES - Let's Discuss Them Here
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To: TheSlowLane who wrote (4742)7/19/1999 4:33:00 PM
From: E. Davies   of 12823
 
A multi-point videoconference would require more than one stream. Also, collaborative applications (film-editing, virtual reality, 3-D modeling, etc.) used concurrently with videoconferencing would require multiple video streams.

True.
But not everyone will be in a videoconference at the same time will they?

The point is an order of magnitude. Is there any reason to have 10x or 100x what is needed for a video stream for every single person? Obviously there are uses for gigabit speeds (like transporting very large files- sending a digital movie to the theaters is one example), but are there any serious killer apps that will drive the mass need for ultra-broadband (> video)? I sure can't imagine any.

what kind of horsepower do you need on the desktop to compress and decompress multiple video streams in real-time?
As you say, it can be done now (barely) on one stream. Imagine what a 2Ghz Pentium V could do.
Eric
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