[comp.society.futures] What can we do with High Speed Computer Networks?

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
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