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Ray --
Where you been???? And where's Durro??? Thought maybe you were scouting the outback together. . . making up tunes along the way.
Your cartoons made me smile so I went in search of something to offer in exchange. Herewith:
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Sorry, but I couldn't choose just one. You'll be glad to learn there's a new Calvin and Hobbes every day. Well, not "new," but a new repeat.
And now, to justify this post, here are some odds and ends with ADSL implications:
Listed by Microsoft at the recent Spring Internet show in L.A.
<<<Session 131 Real-time Internet Communication
Tom Honeybone, Internet Client and Collaboration Division, Microsoft Corporation
Real-time communication applications require robust bandwidth that may not be available. The Internet was originally designed for text-only communications. Many pressures are being exerted on a system that was not designed to handle the load. This presentation covers the infrastructure changes necessary to transform the Internet from today's unreliable infrastructure to a fast network capable of real-time audio and video telephony. Issues covered include; ****high-speed home connectivity such as ADSL**** and cable modems; quality of service protocols such as the RSVP protocol; and next-generation applications that will take advantage of new capabilities
Date: Wednesday, March 12th Time: 2:15PM-3:45PM >>>>
From Network World:
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Milestones to watch on the road to DSL deployment
By John Walecka
3/03/97
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Includes a mention of Amati:
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Look for network equipment that interoperates with carrier and customer premises equipment. Vendors such as Amati Communications Corp., Ascend Communications, Inc. and U.S. Robotics have announced products that support DSL traffic between premises and public networks.
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And from Business Week, March 16, 1997, more reason for bandwidth:
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PUMP UP THE JAMS--ON THE WEB
THESE DAYS, HAVING A PLAIN old Web site is not enough. Companies are now creating TV- and radio-like ''networks'' on the Internet a la JamTV Music Network. Run by Digital Interactive Networks and scheduled for a March launch, JamTV aims to be a music megasite. It will include information on some 1,500 alternative-rock recording artists, along with music reviews, video and audio clips--even a store where you can purchase concert memorabilia.
The Web site, www.jamtv.com, plans to broadcast more than 1,500 live concerts this year put on by JamTV partner and concert promoter Jam Productions. One novel feature is the JamCam, which lets viewers position a virtual camera with their mouse to zoom in on, say, Silverchair's drummer Ben Gillies during a live performance. Because video on the Net is still primitive, JamTV plans to distribute CD-ROMs containing video clips of concerts, interviews, and music videos that will supplement the JamTV Web site. The CDs, which will be given away at concerts, will also include software, such as Macromedia Inc.'s Shockwave, for viewing multimedia clips. JamTV also has signed up 350 affiliate radio stations that will link their Web sites to the JamTV site. The radio stations will also promote JamTV's live events on the air. So don't fret if all the U2 tickets get snapped up this spring; you might catch them on the Net instead.
EDITED BY AMY CORTESE |
