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Re: [funsec] Not so fast, broadband providers tell big users (fwd)
- From: Todd Vierling
- Date: Tue Mar 13 13:09:45 2007
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On 3/13/07, Roland Dobbins <[email protected]> wrote:
> what business drivers are there to put more bits on the wire to
> the end user?
BitTorrent. ;>
Smiley highly appropriate there. The cultural diversity of the
Internet-using population simply isn't capable of making BT a
practical application for >99% of large, *legally* distributed data.
Well, yet.
And on-demand DVR-type things
IMHO, this (no, not VoIP) is the killer app. Though I consider them
still above the learning curve of most US consumers, the existence of
the Slingbox and SageTV Placeshifter should indicate that we're
getting close to the proverbial wall.
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-- Todd Vierling <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
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