Thursday, January 29, 2009

Dial up? Only for pizza..

With the rest of the UK on a mere average 3.4 Mbps Internet speed, one lady has landed the opportunity to "turn on" 100 Mbps connection speeds for 30min bursts.

Although it costs "£1 a go", most of us online users understand the wait times / lag in games, frustration for slow connections during anything media related. With the fibre optic technology growing into a platform that is producing results, the opportunities for on-line delivery including VOD (Video On Demand) is endless...

Ive been a strong supporter of the DVD medium, but Ive always known that the Blu-Ray scare would not be the "best" we could offer in terms of delivery methods. It has to ultimately be an online delivery method that ticks all the boxes (no geographic limitation / no need to "hunt" for what you want / no restrictions on availability etc) and as Adobe always says: "Come for the Blu-Ray, Stay for the Flash" - Flash online delivery has always been the leader, beating quicktime infact, and provides great security of content - if controlled properly (take note BBC iPlayer...)

It begs the question of making a more anti-social culture, as more people order everything from a computer / TV set top box etc, but it does open the door does it not, to so many possibilities...

- JB

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