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To: John O'Neill who wrote (64037)	9/6/1998 10:42:00 AM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 186894

the importance of faster micro processors vs the importance of bandwidth on the internet. They are linked but not dependent. xDSL technology will bring higher bandwidth to the home, initially 1.5 mbps (50X current modem technology) going quickly to 8 mbps. This will open the door to high bandwidth, wide distribution content. There will be a substantial rampup to develop the infrastructure to actually handle the traffic once the pipes start to go in. Likewise, very high (gigabit) internal network technology will make possible routine use of more complex content on corporate LANs. All of this is good news for Intel. The end users will want more processing power, both to use the content and to execute more advanced compression/decompression technology. All of the internal points will need more power to do advanced data dependent routing and content management. Servers to actually hold the content will need bigger and more powerful processing, routing, clustering, and storage interconnects.

To: John O'Neill who wrote (64037)	9/6/1998 2:51:00 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

RE: Bandwidth ... Some nontechnical points --- at work I have T1 link to the net, and 33MHz cpu -- very annoying and slow -- not the net, but just jumping forward and back takes noticeable time. If we had any money, we would buy faster processors. At home I have Roadrunner (> 1MB/sec) and a 166MHz cpu. Downloads come in at > 30 kbs (measured)and 2MB/min (calculated) (on the 56k modem it was 5-6 kbs). It does better on video, but is far from acceptable. The main annoyance is visibly slow graphic display and slow printing setup. I think I need a faster processor and mmx and a better browser. In my opinion, both IE and Netscape suck.

To: John O'Neill who wrote (64037)	9/7/1998 11:04:00 PM
From: stak	Respond to of 186894

>>Does anyone have thoughts on the importance of faster micro processors vs the importance of bandwidth on the internet.? << John, There was a good article posted by Barry G. before called, "Bandwidth It's Called, and It Means Change". Intel:61683 Message 5389250 Jeff F. also had an excellent post on the coming changes to the way that telecom companies will bill for their services.Intel:58301 The restructuring and disinflation that will come with this change will have tremendous repercussions for tech companies, most likely Intel included. Message 4928150 What's the relevance of this? Just simply that the megabandwidth that is available to a limited few today will be as commonplace as 56K modems are right now. The internet will become much more user friendly(faster download times) for bandwidth intensive content like video. The premium that faster cpu's commanded in the past will give way to the value added that content offers. A link to a book about killer apps. killer-apps.com Perhaps tellingly the "killer apps" in this book are neither microprocessor intensive nor bandwidth intensive. stak