On 8/27/2010 10:44 AM, George Ou wrote:
> Telepresence is certainly one example of bypassing the best-effort
Internet.
Whether or not the best-effort Internet is capable of "telepresence"
depends upon the speed and resolution your application requires.
Also, the performance of the best-effort Internet and QOS-based Internet
change constantly. You would probably have said the best-effort
Internet could not support VoIP ten years ago.
> Paying $45 for a low quality 1.2 Mbps PPV even only to
> have it pause in the middle of a crucial moment sucks.
Paying $45 for a bunch of crappy channels that you never watch in order
to see a few programs that you want to watch each week sucks too.
Larry Press
