The Digital Future, Part 2
david
A few weeks ago I found myself watching a streaming short film online - Honda’s Dream the Impossible documentary series - not a big deal, right? What with the advent of our Media That Matters Films and even YouTube, this has become pretty standard fair.
The thing that I found truly nice is that they took a bold chance into streaming it full screen as standard with really good quality video. So what does this mean, the age of finally watching full screen streaming video that’s not of sub-optimal quality is here?
Before you get as excited as myself about what those possibilities can lead to, consider this: consistently the video stream kept pausing and I was greeted with a lovely buffering message - although it didn’t last very long - it was tremendously annoying none the less. I then attempted to watch this same series on a computer that was just a year and a half old and it couldn’t handle the video at all!
In today’s day and age, why should I feel like I’m still using a 56K dial-up modem when I’m paying $50 or more than other internet users around the world, as described in this article that reads, “International studies have argued that Americans pay more than Europeans and Asians for significantly worse internet service.”
Now I ask you: Why should a country as powerful as America have such terrible network infrastructure? I feel like blaming someone, but I don’t even know where to begin.
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| Posted on April 22, 2009
Comments
Mr. Wright,
America is falling off the wagon which is NOT slowing down. Begin at the beginning.“Let’s see how much I can make from this deal”. Let’s hope smart people know how to safely get back on and do the right thing.
Shalom !!
Posted on 2009 04 24 by Leroy