[LINK] The PLAN, and broadband speeds?

[Karl Auer]

On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 07:01 +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> also, is it likely that you'll have both HDTV usage *AND* HD
> videoconferencing at the same end node? i would have thought that
> videoconferencing would be more likely at an office (where watching
> TV isn't all that common), and TV would be more likely at home (where
> videoconferencing isn't all that common). i.e. typically, it would be
> one or the other, not both.

People thought the same about telephones and computers.

With high bandwidth and simple videoconferencing (and the latter will as
night follows day result from the former), rest assured that
videoconferencing will be happening in every home. For that matter, who
knows when business might find a use for HDTV, given the right bandwidth
at the right price?

To quote William Gibson, the street finds its own uses for things.

Regards, K.

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