Another possible glimpse of the future?
I was just wondering about all the fun I could have with a 1Gbps connection for $38/month. Maybe I should ask some of the lucky residents of Tokyo who will soon be able to take advantage of just such a service according to this article.
I suppose we could add an inexpensive VoIP service, which according to this article is getting cheaper by the minute.
Or perhaps, the introduction of the very immature IPTV and streaming video will start to become mainstream as there will be plenty of bandwidth to deliver multiple channels of HDTV and DVD quality movies to the home. But even as IPTV is being talked about as a viable way of delivering video a new disruptive technique is being debated. Why wait for "them" to create something for you when in this digital age just about anyone with a decent PC can create content and now distribute is across another viable P2P network. This article tells you everything you need to know about how to create (or capture) programming while this one explains how to distribute the content you just created.
After all, we just found out that people with access to broadband spend more time with their connection than they do sitting in front of the television set channel surfing while they complain about there being nothing good on. This article explains that the line has finally been crossed where people are now understanding the potential of the net far outstrips anything the television can offer us
How about video conferencing, shared remote corporate LAN access or distance learning? Will this mean an eventual change in the way we work and educate our children? If a fair portion of the work force no longer has to commute to work and the corporation does not have to build, heat and maintain a building, will these businesses become more productive? If there is no longer a need for a centralized school and children no longer have to travel to school what is this going to do towards lessening the average tax burden for the Japanese taxpayer with regards to school taxes? I think this will also lessen the demand for imported energy thereby making the Japanese economy more competitive and efficient.
There is also this story from Daily Wireless that briefly discusses location based services like always knowing where the cheapest gas for your SUV is located relative to your location.
Perhaps, the biggest question is how long before the difference starts to become a competitive disadvantage for us and the economic dismemberment begins? What will these innovations do to the standard business models we have all gotten used to? Will anyone keep paying “The Phone Company” if substantially less expensive alternatives exist?
I don’t know but one thing I do know is that the innovations are now happening at such a rate that it is difficult to understand how these changes will impact the way we live our lives. One thing is for sure, things are changing at a substantially faster rate than they did for either our grandparents or our parents.
We will either have to adapt to these changes or be obsoleted long before our time.
Respectfully,
Ken DiPietro
New-ISP
NextGenCommunications
I suppose we could add an inexpensive VoIP service, which according to this article is getting cheaper by the minute.
Or perhaps, the introduction of the very immature IPTV and streaming video will start to become mainstream as there will be plenty of bandwidth to deliver multiple channels of HDTV and DVD quality movies to the home. But even as IPTV is being talked about as a viable way of delivering video a new disruptive technique is being debated. Why wait for "them" to create something for you when in this digital age just about anyone with a decent PC can create content and now distribute is across another viable P2P network. This article tells you everything you need to know about how to create (or capture) programming while this one explains how to distribute the content you just created.
After all, we just found out that people with access to broadband spend more time with their connection than they do sitting in front of the television set channel surfing while they complain about there being nothing good on. This article explains that the line has finally been crossed where people are now understanding the potential of the net far outstrips anything the television can offer us
How about video conferencing, shared remote corporate LAN access or distance learning? Will this mean an eventual change in the way we work and educate our children? If a fair portion of the work force no longer has to commute to work and the corporation does not have to build, heat and maintain a building, will these businesses become more productive? If there is no longer a need for a centralized school and children no longer have to travel to school what is this going to do towards lessening the average tax burden for the Japanese taxpayer with regards to school taxes? I think this will also lessen the demand for imported energy thereby making the Japanese economy more competitive and efficient.
There is also this story from Daily Wireless that briefly discusses location based services like always knowing where the cheapest gas for your SUV is located relative to your location.
Perhaps, the biggest question is how long before the difference starts to become a competitive disadvantage for us and the economic dismemberment begins? What will these innovations do to the standard business models we have all gotten used to? Will anyone keep paying “The Phone Company” if substantially less expensive alternatives exist?
I don’t know but one thing I do know is that the innovations are now happening at such a rate that it is difficult to understand how these changes will impact the way we live our lives. One thing is for sure, things are changing at a substantially faster rate than they did for either our grandparents or our parents.
We will either have to adapt to these changes or be obsoleted long before our time.
Respectfully,
Ken DiPietro
New-ISP
NextGenCommunications
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