[LINK] The PLAN, and broadband speeds?

[Craig Sanders]

On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 12:09:51PM +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 11:35 +1000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 10:21:05AM +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
> > > 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.
> 
> > personally, i think that while videophones might sound cool in science
> > fiction, hardly anyone actually wants them - especially at home.
> 
> You have changed "videoconferencing" into "videophones". Different
> things. The reality might end up being a bit of both, or neither.

that's because when you're talking about "videoconferencing" in the home, what
uou're actually talking about is videophones.

which, as i mentioned in my previous email, hardly anyone actually wants.

VC/VPs have some uses in some work places.  they're a clumsy, expensive
gimmick, otherwise.

one obvious fault that i neglected to mention in my last post was that
it's a step backwards from the way people actually use phones now -
people want wireless/mobile phones that they can use in any part of the
house (or garage, or backyard, or roof, etc). they don't want to have
a phone they can only use in one fixed location in the house, because
that's where the screen and camera are.


> > the reason why we don't all have videophones now is not because of
> > a lack of technology (or even bandwidth), it's because of a lack of
> > demand.
> 
> Maybe. Who knows what is the dog and what is the tail? I'm just saying
> that with good bandwidth and ease of use, videoconferencing (in some
> form) might be hugely popular as a home technology.

i doubt it.

i can see it being hyped in lots of advertising, but i just can't see it
getting much actual use in the real world.


craig

ps: speaking of advertising, does anyone else feel like vomiting when
they see/hear telstra's latest ads? e.g. the one with the muzak and the
parcel being passed around and unwrapped. and there's another one with
the same vile muzak (must be their current theme muzak).

-- 
craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>