[RTC List] List Digest, Vol 84, Issue 2

[Patrick Moon]

Marc Chaton wrote:
> Wow...William...what are your business customer's doing or should I 
> say not doing online?  Ours sure are using the increases in bandwidth 
> and could use a lot more.  They are doing tele-medicine, video 
> conferencing, working at home connecting to their office networks at 
> reasonable rates, training their staff online and more and more each 
> day.  Most of that was not possible when people were using 56k 
> modems.  And more and more of the new technology takes advantage of 
> more and more bandwidth.  And as much as we would all like to think 
> this new technologies make them more efficient, they still need more 
> people on staff to use this new technology...especially as they 
> convert from paper-based to digital.  That means more jobs, and 
> yes...more jobs in our communities.
>  
> Granted, there are a lot of home users downloading movies, games, porn 
> etc.  But that is not all of where the increased bandwidth is going.  
> And porn technology sure has spured development and enhancement of 
> technology since the days of video and VCR...not that I condone porn.  
> I would like to see the "statistical facts" you are 
> siting...especially during daytime/business hours.
>  
> Anyway, I don't mean to be attacking you or anything, William.  I am 
> just saying our customers are using and needing more and more 
> bandwidth to take advantage of the new tools and technologies they are 
> starting and wanting to use.  Plus, with the stimulus monies becoming 
> available for the Healthcare industry (especially rural 
> healthcare...our market)...we are able to move more and more smaller 
> doctor offices and clinics getting into these technologies...all 
> needing more bandwidth!
>  
> Bring it on!
>  
> Marc Chaton
> Infinite Consulting Services, Inc.
>
My customers also use more bandwidth then dial up can handle... but do 
your graphs of daily usage, really, see their bandwidth maxing out for 
extended times?  Tele-medicine is the only thing I see on your list that 
stands out as taxing a 6Mbit connection. I could make use cases 
scenarios that would saturate that kind of bandwidth but I don't think 
most offices in the county need, let alone are moving toward, that level 
of use. 

I agree, of course, with your future vision.  I'm just curious if your 
really seeing saturation right now?

Cheers,
Patrick Moon