The internet is not an area of no constraints. The main bottleneck is
the low bandwidths. But with the new broadband of 1Gbps getting real,
the day is not far when we would be hooked on the Internet (always
online), just the way we are always online on your wired or mobile
telephones.
The GPON is set to set up a new wave of changes, watching movies
online is only for the privileged few. But watching it online would be
real, people might even decide not to buy TV and have computers
instead.
The rampant piracy would rise to no limits. Currently only small
software are available online, but in future, you might even find
operating systems getting downloaded (and installed too) in a jiffy.
If you wanted to install updates, it would take seconds. That would
require an additional constraint, that of the server. So now the
services would be constricted by the capacity of the server, not the
connecting media.
Will this new technology be restricted to Internet only? Currently, we
use a 10 Mbps LAN, it would be a shame if we can download a file
faster from the Internet than from the office LAN!!
Perhaps its too early to wonder, but I am eagerly waiting for this new
technology to happen!!
In response to the hindu business line article
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