In 1899 Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office Charles H. Duell was quoted saying "Everything that can be invented has been invented."
In 1943, Thomas Watson, the first president of IBM is quoted as saying: “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
In a 1977 speech, Ken Olson, President of Digital Equipment stated: “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”
In 1981, Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft declared that: “640,000 bytes of memory ought to be enough for anybody.”
So tell me, how many simultaneous High-def channels can you send over your current wifi connection? Not just to your computer, but what about others that are sharing your access point?
Can you back up and restore your entire hard drive to a remote storage facility over your current wifi connection? Maybe...but how long would it take?
Who would have thunk that 320x240 videos on the internet would have driven bandwidth demand? Ever heard of Youtube? How about a High-def youtube or even DVD quality?
To state that to 99% of the world that current speeds are adequate is very short sited. Nobody can predict what sorts of services will be made available over much higher speed wired and wireless networks in the next 5-10 years.
I can't predict the future either, but my guess is that when the next (or the next after that) generation of high-def MMORPGs arrive, your current wireless connection won't be adequate.
current speeds adequate ... for what?
In 1899 Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office Charles H. Duell was quoted saying "Everything that can be invented has been invented."
In 1943, Thomas Watson, the first president of IBM is quoted as saying: “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
In a 1977 speech, Ken Olson, President of Digital Equipment stated: “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”
In 1981, Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft declared that: “640,000 bytes of memory ought to be enough for anybody.”
So tell me, how many simultaneous High-def channels can you send over your current wifi connection? Not just to your computer, but what about others that are sharing your access point?
Can you back up and restore your entire hard drive to a remote storage facility over your current wifi connection? Maybe...but how long would it take?
Who would have thunk that 320x240 videos on the internet would have driven bandwidth demand? Ever heard of Youtube? How about a High-def youtube or even DVD quality?
To state that to 99% of the world that current speeds are adequate is very short sited. Nobody can predict what sorts of services will be made available over much higher speed wired and wireless networks in the next 5-10 years.
I can't predict the future either, but my guess is that when the next (or the next after that) generation of high-def MMORPGs arrive, your current wireless connection won't be adequate.