Yes, something like that! That’s why I’m thinking we’ll have a local ‘node’ for our cloud hosted stuff.
As in, we’ll move to a ‘stack’ of disks at home that have a slice of the CDN or dataset we are most likely to use. The heuristics are getting a lot better on that. So Netflix, or the actual contend producers, will be able to own and upload a set of content to you based on preferences and not have to even stream it at time of viewing. Same for cloud data and hosting, you will have a slice of that locally and even share locally geographic data without traversing huge lines across the US/World. AND have a sort of satisfaction that if you are disconnected or partially disconnected, you are still functional locally. From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CBB - Jay Fuller Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 11:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Lack of broadband - impact on economy anddecision making Ok, i'll bite, but isn't it a proven fact that like every 10 to 15 years we always go client -> server -> client -> server -> client -> server? Which means in 10 years or so we'll be moving back to client again? lol ----- Original Message ----- From: Sterling Jacobson<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 12:23 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Lack of broadband - impact on economy anddecision making Here’s my take since I’ve moved from a reliable wireless 10Mbps system to a 1000Mbps system. It relieved the congestion problem, which I think was the major issue. Most of it was for viewing video. Some people are buying Gigabit just because their Comcast 100Mbps was that price or more, so “why not”? No one uses 1000Mbps yet on my system, just doesn’t happen. What I think will drive usage is still video. But video for EVERYTHING. As in, processing and OS duties shift to the cloud and everything we carry around is just a video processor. A very smart, optimized video processor, but still, just reduced to a set of common algorithms and network chips and a 4k screen and battery. Almost like going back to analog where the refresh rate and screen resolution will depend more on your bandwidth than ever. Doing emails, reading content? No problem, screen doesn’t need to refresh much, very low bandwidth just like RDP. Playing video games at 120 frames per second in compressed 4k? Need a really good decoder and faster bandwidth. Have 10 of those going on at a time in a home? Need 1000Mbps. From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CBB - Jay Fuller Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 11:09 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Lack of broadband - impact on economy and decision making From Ken: As far as economic growth, gigabit Internet isn't going to magically bring economic growth. But if you don't have access to basic broadband, you definitely are shut out of part of the economy. One thing I've seen a lot in my area is the impact of the efficiency requirements of the Affordable Healthcare Act. Insurance and healthcare companies are moving buildings full of office workers to work from home, in order to cut their overhead costs. Customers who used to commute 30 miles to the suburbs now need broadband to work from home, and 1M/384K DSL isn't good enough, if they can even get that. But if they can get reliable 3/1 from a WISP, they still have a job, plus other people out here in the country can get those jobs. And now they have a couple hours they used to spend commuting to spend with their families. I think this is a real life example of economic impact of broadband, or the flip side, the impact of lack of broadband if you're on the wrong side of the digital divide. I would be very interested to see some kind of report of employment data and what projects have succeeded in "gigabit" markets vs. standard internet markets. Is there really that much of a difference... Yes, like many of you, I know most people use the internet for netflix (among other things). What else is out there and more importantly, what does gigabit enable?
