Posted by Kevin McMurtrie on 11/30/07 07:49

In article <474EB9A0.BE11E4B3@hotmail.com>,
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Graham

The problem is in the last few miles. Most US homes are still at the
same DSL, dialup, or cable service levels they had a decade ago. Only
DSL and dialup have unlimited bandwidth plans. Cable and the
ever-elusive new fiber optic services have oppressive usage limits that
can make them less appealing than DSL.

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