On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 03:19:10PM +0530, Harsh Busa wrote:
> even if u can download entire dvd in one second can you harddrive /
> writer or watever media you will store it in will be able to write it
> ? also it may need to buffer that 4.7 / 8.x gig into memory too :)
Thats a very small problem. If you really get such a service in future (
10 GBps), then it will have all these considerations sorted out.
>
> there is needs and wants. and that is something that i m trying to
> highlight by starting this thread. how much of our bandwidth usage is
> something that can be avoided.
Not necessarily. More and more businesses are becoming location
independent (can't remember the correct term for that) so a lot of
data is passing through the net. A lot of home users too are online the
whole day for online share trading. Those who are into multimedia need
to upload and download large files from the net. If I get an unlimitted
fast connection, I would consider downloading software cds and dvds
(legal ones). If unlimitted broadband connections are easily available
throughout the country, then as JTD mentions about VoIP, we will change
the way we communicate. With every home installing a VoIP phone, then
even the problem of interconnectivity as mentioned by Saswata would not
arise.
> there is difference between being
> illegal and being wrong . eg staring at a girl maynot be illegal but
> it is certainly wrong. another example cud be downloading mp3 is not
> illegal in india yet but it is certainly wrong.
My definition of illegal was with reference to the general perception in
India as well as abroad. MP3 downloads included. High usage need not
indicate illegal activity.
>
> the problem that india and indians have faced is that we have taken
> our country / state / city infrastructure for granted . we think we
> are the most imp individuals on earth and we need all that service for
> free or extremely low cost.
Very very true.
>
> somewhere we need to realise this and be judicious with our resources.
>
True.
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