TiVo? What's that? Something you use with cable tv, which i don't have. :)
The real problem isn't end users capability because there are a heck of a
lot of people who won't want any of those devices... but the capability of
the access providers. Will the internet be able to handle the load? Or will
we have a two tiered internet, where heavy users pay even more?
But... people like my sisters still won't need more bandwidth than they have
now because they won't have xboxes ans tivos.
On 5/21/06, Francis Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The article barely scratches the surface. Look at future plans for the
Xbox 360
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/hd-trailers-on-xbox-360-16
8034.php and realize Microsoft plans to hit 10 million sales by the end
of this year. Every one of those boxes will be capable of handling 6
simultaneous downloads. Look at the adoption rates for DVRs and consider
that TiVo now lets you obtain content off the net. Look at the
increasing popularity of Internet telephony and ask yourself how long
before someone tries to bring back video phones. Or consider the effects
when the word Internet is made to precede words like refrigerator, home
stereo, house, clothing, etc as we have heard to varying degrees of hype
over the years. Even the technology analyst that was quoted believes the
demand will be there within two years.
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