Comments on: Speaking of the Future http://www.simonbuckle.com/2005/08/19/speaking-of-the-future/ Random thoughts for random people Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:06:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Simon Buckle’s Weblog » Blog Archive » http://www.simonbuckle.com/2005/08/19/speaking-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Simon Buckle’s Weblog » Blog Archive » Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:56:02 +0000 http://www.simonbuckle.com/?p=43#comment-20 [...] nk: "> Now you can create podcasts with QuickTime Pro 7. A few weeks ago I wrote about how in the future it would be possible to access the Internet other than having to use a telephone l [...] [...] nk: “> Now you can create podcasts with QuickTime Pro 7. A few weeks ago I wrote about how in the future it would be possible to access the Internet other than having to use a telephone l [...]

]]> By: Simon http://www.simonbuckle.com/2005/08/19/speaking-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Simon Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:01:13 +0000 http://www.simonbuckle.com/?p=43#comment-19 Having just re-read what I wrote perhaps I wasn't clear enough about what I was trying to say. I was talking about in the future people not making phone calls over phone lines, not actually getting rid of the line itself. Your comment, however, raises an interesting point: "how" you receive broadband to your home. As you point out, if you don't have a phone line you can't get broadband. For example, when I was with Pipex they charged me something like 23 GBP per month but I also had to pay British Telecom 12 GBP per month for line rental. I made very few calls from my landline but I still needed the phone line for my broadband, which effectively increased my costs to access the Internet by about 50%. As I mentioned in my blog entry technologies like WiFi Max, in theory, could bring broadband into my home wirelessly. Whether I would have to pay to access this medium is another story, but my point here is that in the future there could be other means of having broadband delivered to your home other than through what is essentially a copper wire. Just a thought. Having just re-read what I wrote perhaps I wasn’t clear enough about what I was trying to say. I was talking about in the future people not making phone calls over phone lines, not actually getting rid of the line itself.

Your comment, however, raises an interesting point: “how” you receive broadband to your home. As you point out, if you don’t have a phone line you can’t get broadband. For example, when I was with Pipex they charged me something like 23 GBP per month but I also had to pay British Telecom 12 GBP per month for line rental. I made very few calls from my landline but I still needed the phone line for my broadband, which effectively increased my costs to access the Internet by about 50%.

As I mentioned in my blog entry technologies like WiFi Max, in theory, could bring broadband into my home wirelessly. Whether I would have to pay to access this medium is another story, but my point here is that in the future there could be other means of having broadband delivered to your home other than through what is essentially a copper wire. Just a thought.

]]> By: MentalDaze http://www.simonbuckle.com/2005/08/19/speaking-of-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-18 MentalDaze Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:30:32 +0000 http://www.simonbuckle.com/?p=43#comment-18 So, guess you ditch your phone line at home and get your broad band connection via SkypeOut???? So, guess you ditch your phone line at home and get your broad band connection via SkypeOut????

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