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Technology Stocks : InfoSpace (INSP): Where GNET went! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jon zachary who wrote (5505)	5/13/1999 3:01:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

i am willing to bet that when we have set top boxes you wont wait for anything. just my thoughts. I'm not a network expert. Nor do I understand all the intricacies of the technologies involved. There are places on SI where such things are discussed (often at great length) by experts in the fields. So I won't attempt to go into the problems that will be solved or created by the new world of interactive TV, except to point out one factor: Broadcasting a data-stream of pictures on a dedicated channel to users is far different than feeding a different requested data-stream to each one of those users. Each video channel is coming through to you whether you're looking at it or not. That's not at all the same as what happens when you request a different web page. But I do agree with your main point. Cable modems for computer users and settop boxes for TV interactive viewers will make those experiences both different and better. I'm looking at these pages (as I always do) on a DSL connection in the city where GNET's servers are located. Except for Go2Net's server hiccoughs, I rarely see the problems others sometimes mention. As more people get fast connections on backbones with ample capacity, they will find it faster and less frustrating to use the tools available now and the new things soon to be available.