[LINK] The PLAN, and broadband speeds?

[Karl Auer]

Why do so many people not get it?

On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 10:45 +1000, David Lochrin wrote:
> The vast majority of domestic users would only need large bandwidths
> for TV, and there are many more domestic users than business users.
> Even most businesses (e.g. the local deli) would not need high
> bandwidths either.  Hence the greatest use of the network as a whole
> would be for TV.

This is complete piffle. We don't KNOW what would be done with high
bandwidth. We don't know what life-changing and business-changing uses
might arise for reliable, affordable, high-bandwidth connectivity. Even
in the local deli. TV could end up being the rump of some totally new
technology.

Don't limit our future; if there is one rule of networking it is that
there is never enough bandwidth.

With HDTV and high bandwidth, people could watch several channels
simultaneously. Hell, ALL the channels simultaneously. And why is TV
"only" TV? 

Regards, K.

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