<...Irwin Jacobs has said that speed is the key. He knows what's up. 14kbps is a cruel joke the computer world has played on humanity for too long. We need 2 megabits per second.
...Convinced?>
Mqurice, I am not convinced.
From a strictly utilitarian point of view, 14kbps is plenty for most mobile individual information needs, especially if such information must be presented on a tiny screen and paid for. 14kbps, can fill a screen with characters in a small fraction of one second. You can do e-mail, stock quotes and trading, weather and entertainment info, shopping, etc. very comfortably at 14kbps. On tiny screens bandwidth gobbling images, videos, etc. are an expensive distraction rather than a help, if your goal is to be informed rather than entertained.
In the wired world, bandwidth at the last mile is essentially free. The telephone copper wire or the CTV cable can carry Mbps just as cheaply as it can carry Kbps.
In the mobile world, bandwidth at the air interface is very expensive. When it becomes free, I agree with you that demand for playing realtime videos on your mobile phone will skyrocket.
Kyros
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