Hilarious info on EuroTelcoblog
James Enck of EuroTelcoblog has touched on this hilarious tidbit: The floorspace occupied by VoIP, IPTV and telco triple play industry events exceeded the total surface area of Canada for the first time in history, and the delegates to these shows, marched side-by-side into the sea, would form a neverending columnThe hype and craze for IPTV and triple play seems to have reached a crescendo this year. I remember the days at work a year and a half back when I had to explain the concept to customers. Now they are clamoring for it!How real is the need for speed?
How real is the need for speed? Om Malik asked the question earlier this week and has some fascinating facts which show that beyond a certain connection speed, there is no perceptible difference in the experience. Of course, with applications like streaming video - IPTV or Video-on-demand - this would change, especially if these are adopted more as packetized realtime streaming formats, not the "file-download" or "partial-file-download" and playback methods adopted by most vendors today.
Here's a link to Om's article: Need For Speed... How Real?As usual, Robert Scoble has his opinion on this as well and he points to TV over IP as the typical need: Om asks whether we really need the speed of broadband?On a side-note, I'm publishing this via Performancing for Firefox. Its a great start, has a long way to go however on features.Google launches a Video seach beta
Google launches Video search beta!
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Ram ViswanathanApple customer & fan, intrapreneur, @ramhv on twitter. Create and drive go-to-market initiatives for a major systems engineering & integration company headquartered in India with a presence in South Asia, Middle East, Africa, UK & Europe & North America.
