[Info-vax] A possible platform for VMS?

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of
> Jan-Erik Soderholm
> Sent: 03-Mar-15 4:31 AM
> To: info-vax at info-vax.com
> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] A possible platform for VMS?
> 
> Richard Maher skrev den 2015-03-03 00:54:
> > On 3/2/2015 10:45 PM, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> >>
> >> I just looked up Sweden and all but a few *very* low populated areas
> >> in the far north has 10 Mb/s or better to over 90% of households.
> >>
> >> The governements goal is that at least 90% of all housholds and
> >> business will have 100 Mb/s via fiber at year 2020.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > What's your tax rate?
> >
> > Here the govt wants to rollout some NBN (National Broadband
> Network) the
> > biggest EVER publicly funded project while cutting old age pensions and
> I
> > say NO! Let the movie pirates and pedophiles pay for the speed if they
> want
> > it.
> 
> That is a good point. Do we realy need 100 Mb/s? What are
> the critical applications that are really needed?
> Internet banking is probably first in the line as the
> bank offices shutdown and begins to ask for high fees
> to pay bills directly at the counter. That as such needs
> just a few Mb/s.
> 
> eMail maybe also a few Mb/s. Skype is widely used over
> here, many have reallatives "overseas". Maybe a few Mb/s
> if used in sound-only mode.
> 
> The gaming folks really need low "ping" times, not the
> massive bandwidth as such. Well, the new server based
> games are another matter...
> 
> IP-TV needs 2-5 Mb/s. IP-Telephone maybe a few Mb/s.
> 
> So yes, for the large amount of users, 100 Mb/s is usualy
> way over what really is "needed".
> 
> Jan-Erik.
> 

We had the same discussion when the world jumped from 14.4K modems 
to 28K and 56K modems - "why do you need such speed?"

Reality is that applications keep emerging which will use this network
capacity.

- video conferencing and remote medical  consultations
- long distance or remote university course learning 

I am sure there are many other work and non-work related apps brewing 
out there that will take advantage of newer network capacities (at least 
for those that choose to live in areas where these new network speeds
are available - trade-offs)


Regards,

Kerry Main
Back to the Future IT Inc.
 .. Learning from the past to plan the future

Kerry dot main at backtothefutureit dot com