Comments on: Can You Hear Me Now? No. http://gigaom.com/2008/03/07/can-you-hear-me-now-no/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:06:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: The Expansion of Technology- Week 8 Response « Chandra’s Couture Blog http://gigaom.com/2008/03/07/can-you-hear-me-now-no/#comment-866209 The Expansion of Technology- Week 8 Response « Chandra’s Couture Blog Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:42:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11731#comment-866209 <p>[...] to be a limit to how technology is adopted in our lives, before it begins to backfire on us.  The GigaOM blog from March 7th discusses the notion that technology may be moving too quickly and spinning out of [...]</p> [...] to be a limit to how technology is adopted in our lives, before it begins to backfire on us.  The GigaOM blog from March 7th discusses the notion that technology may be moving too quickly and spinning out of [...]

]]> By: The Law of Mobility » Blog Archive » Managing the Danger: Week of 3/9/8 http://gigaom.com/2008/03/07/can-you-hear-me-now-no/#comment-865182 The Law of Mobility » Blog Archive » Managing the Danger: Week of 3/9/8 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:53:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11731#comment-865182 <p>[...] Technology obsolescence [...]</p> [...] Technology obsolescence [...]

]]> By: Stanley http://gigaom.com/2008/03/07/can-you-hear-me-now-no/#comment-865049 Stanley Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:05:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11731#comment-865049 <p>Everything changes so fast I just dont buy anything! Seriously, im still on DVD, wont upgrade for years! http://www.hideNsneek.com</p> Everything changes so fast I just dont buy anything! Seriously, im still on DVD, wont upgrade for years! http://www.hideNsneek.com

]]> By: hawk82 http://gigaom.com/2008/03/07/can-you-hear-me-now-no/#comment-864694 hawk82 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:01:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11731#comment-864694 <p>I wouldn't give up my in-home wiring for wireless any day of the week. 1Gb ethernet > 802.11g. Wireless is great for laptops, and being able to sit outside and surf the web, but that's it. I don't see how people put up with wireless networks in urban areas, where all of your neighbors have wireless networks and everyone runs them on every channel. I'll keep my "obsolete" wiring, thank you.</p> I wouldn’t give up my in-home wiring for wireless any day of the week. 1Gb ethernet > 802.11g. Wireless is great for laptops, and being able to sit outside and surf the web, but that’s it. I don’t see how people put up with wireless networks in urban areas, where all of your neighbors have wireless networks and everyone runs them on every channel. I’ll keep my “obsolete” wiring, thank you.

]]> By: A.T. http://gigaom.com/2008/03/07/can-you-hear-me-now-no/#comment-864662 A.T. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:05:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11731#comment-864662 <p>another factor, which is even deeper under skin, that all major OEMs and vendors nowadays also involved into insane competition on price (read costs & BoM bottom line) - and it makes all what they do cheaper and cheaper. And what comes cheaper and quicker hardly ever designed to stand for 10 years, leave alone tens of years. So it is not only networks of aging technology, but also terminals with cheap components which will merely kick you to buy again and again, or change everything to new. Modern mobile phones are prone to loose usable quality in 2-3 years, driven mostly by accumulators. Say hello to other side of competition's coin ;)</p> another factor, which is even deeper under skin, that all major OEMs and vendors nowadays also involved into insane competition on price (read costs & BoM bottom line) – and it makes all what they do cheaper and cheaper. And what comes cheaper and quicker hardly ever designed to stand for 10 years, leave alone tens of years. So it is not only networks of aging technology, but also terminals with cheap components which will merely kick you to buy again and again, or change everything to new. Modern mobile phones are prone to loose usable quality in 2-3 years, driven mostly by accumulators. Say hello to other side of competition’s coin ;)

]]> By: Victor Blake http://gigaom.com/2008/03/07/can-you-hear-me-now-no/#comment-864661 Victor Blake Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:01:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11731#comment-864661 <p>I don't think it's all that bad. And yes, many folks do buy a new car every few years. One example CCTV (it's old right ?) but just put in a new DVR and it's got transcoders for Composite to H.264 nd in a built i web server. Result is keep all of your old wiring and now view your CCTV from your dekstop or across the internet. The progress actually creates new opportunities for product to bridge the gap. Examples: - Print servers for non-Ethernet printer - Storage servers for hard drives without networking - bridges for wirelss a to b to g conversion (yes you can make both work).</p> <p>I for one I have coax, cat 5, and wireless all happily co-existing (and for a while there I was also using MMF (fiber) and MoCA (coax). I'm glad I installed them all at a cost of a mere few hundred dollars -- and I use it all.</p> <p>-Victor</p> I don’t think it’s all that bad. And yes, many folks do buy a new car every few years. One example CCTV (it’s old right ?) but just put in a new DVR and it’s got transcoders for Composite to H.264 nd in a built i web server. Result is keep all of your old wiring and now view your CCTV from your dekstop or across the internet. The progress actually creates new opportunities for product to bridge the gap. Examples: - Print servers for non-Ethernet printer - Storage servers for hard drives without networking - bridges for wirelss a to b to g conversion (yes you can make both work).

I for one I have coax, cat 5, and wireless all happily co-existing (and for a while there I was also using MMF (fiber) and MoCA (coax). I’m glad I installed them all at a cost of a mere few hundred dollars — and I use it all.

-Victor

]]> By: Andrew http://gigaom.com/2008/03/07/can-you-hear-me-now-no/#comment-864623 Andrew Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:27:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11731#comment-864623 <p>It costs money to be on the cutting edge because sometime the cool technology that is going to save the company a billion dollars might really be the wrong technology to choose. This isn't an issue of technology changing or advancing to fast it is about poor decisions make by corporations. If you want to invest in a new technology you better do some research on if there is anything else out there that is going to better in the near term. I am sure when the utilities companies installed the GSM/GPRS system there was 3G already being deployed.</p> It costs money to be on the cutting edge because sometime the cool technology that is going to save the company a billion dollars might really be the wrong technology to choose. This isn’t an issue of technology changing or advancing to fast it is about poor decisions make by corporations. If you want to invest in a new technology you better do some research on if there is anything else out there that is going to better in the near term. I am sure when the utilities companies installed the GSM/GPRS system there was 3G already being deployed.

]]> By: matt http://gigaom.com/2008/03/07/can-you-hear-me-now-no/#comment-864609 matt Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:41:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11731#comment-864609 <p>One of the bigger concerns I have is with this speed and constant upgrading, all of the stuff that came before goes somewhere else and that somewhere else is many times the local dump or a third world countryside. The best thing to do as a consumer is to step away from being a consumer and not buy into the constant upgrade game.. seriously, does one need the new ipod or the new laptop or the new whatever? If GSM/GPRS goes away and everyone is forced to move to a new phone, that's a lot of mobiles in the waste pile.</p> One of the bigger concerns I have is with this speed and constant upgrading, all of the stuff that came before goes somewhere else and that somewhere else is many times the local dump or a third world countryside. The best thing to do as a consumer is to step away from being a consumer and not buy into the constant upgrade game.. seriously, does one need the new ipod or the new laptop or the new whatever? If GSM/GPRS goes away and everyone is forced to move to a new phone, that’s a lot of mobiles in the waste pile.

]]> By: Srini http://gigaom.com/2008/03/07/can-you-hear-me-now-no/#comment-864590 Srini Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:39:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11731#comment-864590 <p>I wonder what we can really do? I mean, speed can be good in terms of opening new markets or else can be a problem.</p> <p>any views? srini http://codingweb.blogspot.com</p> I wonder what we can really do? I mean, speed can be good in terms of opening new markets or else can be a problem.

any views? srini http://codingweb.blogspot.com

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