anand@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Anand Iyengar) (01/30/89)
Current networking technology permits transmission rates in the high gigabit range, though latency delays are relatively high. At these rates even processing recieved packets is difficult ( that's topic I'd rather not flog here). What exactly can we do with that amount of data? Video is the obvious first response (Fiber TV, Videophone, ...), as little "processing" (non-simplistic switching) is needed. What new and wonderful developments do *you* see coming about with this (electronic markets, ???)? What is tomorrow's consumer going to be using it for? Anand Iyengar -- {arpa | bit}net: anand@vax1.acs.udel.edu (<- prefer), iyengar@udel.edu csnet: iyengar%udel.edu@relay.cs.net uucp: ->unidot ->!cfg!udel!udccvax1!anand ->uunet -/ ->!harvard ->udel.edu!iyengar ->!allegra!berkeley -/