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To: Herc who wrote (1419)6/27/2001 11:15:23 AM
From: mmeggs  Respond to of 1983
 
Good thing we're not depending on growing long distance usage to fill those fiber pipes, huh?

Sorry, just seemed too obivous not to comment.



To: Herc who wrote (1419)6/27/2001 1:20:10 PM
From: Dan3  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 1983
 
Re:estimates that a 155mbps connection could handle about 42 million minutes of calls

You'll have to bond 2 of those lines together to get decent resolution on a single video call....

A technology that's been ready to ge except for enough bandwidth for 30 years.

In the 60's they thought we'd all have video phones by the 80's.


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