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With respect to bandwidth, I have to respectfully disagree with the glut projections, over the long term, anyway. I think it's analogous to building superhighways - they don't really relieve traffic congestion, because new traffic starts using them. The technology that uses wide band internet traffic can't really develop because the bandwidth isn't available. Try watching Bloomberg on your computer - I've got cable internet and the RealPlayer window is small, the picture quality is grainy and jerky. Same with QuickTime. And that's "push" technology - the dream is "pull" technology. If you're happy with text-based internet, you probably don't care, but those of us who want video-on-demand aren't. And I don't mean motion pictures only - video cameras in classrooms, operating rooms, factories, offices, video conferencing, all are waiting for wide bandwidth to really be worthwhile. |
