Let me first speak to the slightly OT part: Yeah HAM operators have been operating a network of computers over short wave for ... well a long long long long long time. Ham Radio has always been an interesting (and at times vital) component in emergency/disaster communications.
ok .. now back to the topic (I think).
I've kinda thought of it this way in my head: VoIP is to Ham Radio as Vlogging is to TV.
VoIP let people freely find/communicate with people all over the world without the entry barrier (license) or technical knowledge (Radio operation/code/etc) that things like Ham Radio have.
One of the coolest things that brought young people into the hobby of Ham Radio was the wonder of sitting town and being able to have a random conversation and share ideas with people all over the world. It was great. It required a license and to learn Morse code, and to know how radio signals worked, and how to tune an antenna for the right band, and all sorts of things ... but it was great.
Today ... you can do that with Yahoo Messenger. :-P
The other amazing thing you could do with HAM Radio was stay in contact anywhere ... even in your car. HAMs would set up auto-patches to route Shortwave to/from land line telephones ... WHOA!
Today ... we all have cell phones. :-P
Understandably HAMs were somewhat concerned that their already dwindling numbers might drop off all together as this new distributed and unregulated communication medium found its place in homes all over the world. Sure there was alot of noise on this 'Internet' but the shear ease of use (comparably) was hard to ignore.
Mainstream media is no doubt similarly concerned that their revenue models and programming formats are going to be serious problems as a new and engaging form of on-demand entertainment is insisted upon by more and more of the world.
Ham Radio Operators eventually learned that things were going to change, but nobody was likely to go extinct. Ham Radio license requirements have changes, preferred operating methods, bandwidth has been reallocated - but HAMs are still around. Hams still use auto-patch at times (even though they have a cell phone). Hams still spend hours hunting for the perfect long-range signal (even though they could just open up an international VoIP chat room).
The same will happen with media I think.
Some vloggers will move more mainstream. Some mainstream will move to be more vloggish. Vloggers will have to deal with more and more show-like vlogs (and the expectation that will set in new potential viewers). Mainstream media will have to deal with the fact that people can get unfiltered news and entertainment on demand (and the expectation that will set in their viewers).
People willing to look through a bit of noise will use VoIP/Vlogging scenario... the rest will find comfort in the more controlled HAM/Mainstream-Media scenario :-)
Sure there's noise in our channel ... but it wont prevent the change that is bound to come.
... I think I found the point there?? ...
- Dave
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