Posted by Jack on 11/30/07 04:21

Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:474EB9A0.BE11E4B3@hotmail.com:

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> Jack wrote:
>
>> Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtri@dslextreme.com> wrote
>>
>> > Audio compression will stay around for some uses. CPUs and algorithms
>> > will always be much cheaper than long distance bandwidth and wireless
>> > bandwidth. Regardless of how fast the internet gets, 10x compression
>> > still means 10x customer capacity. 10x compression on your mobile
>> > player means 10x the room for music.
>>
>> Also, there are now warnings of Internet bottlenecks by 2010 due to
>> multimedia content and increased population/usership.
>
> The usual scaremongering. Journalists are clueless about technology.
>
> The pipes will simply get bigger to take the load.

Like oil will keep flowing no matter what? They are warning that billion$
must be spent now to make sure it doesn't happen. The Net was not
originally conceived for this much audio and video transfer.

Jack

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