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By: AustinTX

AustinTX — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:21:18 +0000

Bandwidth is an infinite resource which is being severely and deliberately restricted in order to drive it's price up. Bits don't need to be generated, and they don't get consumed. All it costs networks to transmit at full load, or idle, is what is needed to keep the equipment running and maintained. Charging for bits, bytes, or gigabytes is arbitrary and unfair. Charging for bandwidth CAPACITY, over the billing period, is the way to go. If telcos want more profit, then they can offer faster pipes. Of course, they'll have to plow their profits into upgrades, but modern equipment has higher capacities at lower energy costs, so that should be fine with them, if they weren't committed to the arbitrary "bill by the byte" model.

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By: David

David — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:29:22 +0000

This post seriously lacks perspective. It is very unlikely we will have a mobile bandwidth crisis. Anyone who says otherwise lacks a firm understanding of how the internet works or is trying to justify an unfair bandwidth pricing scheme (I'm looking at you Telecoms!). Furthermore, the vast majority of internet users have no issues using Flash, as evidenced by the success of sites like YouTube. Anyone who has been on the internet longer than a couple years can clearly see a trend toward a richer multimedia experience. There is a strong demand for this type of site and ISP technology will follow the demand.

By: Barry Kaye

Barry Kaye — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:17:23 +0000

Use Flash!

On of the big advantages of Flash is the ability to create graphics in vector format with a considerably smaller file size than the equivalent bitmap (JPEG or PNG). Maybe with the adoption new HTML standards we'll be able to do this sort of thing without Flash, eventually...

If you need video on your website clearly you need a reliable delivery mechanism - which is usually Flash. To be able to offer a 'complete browsing experience', therefore, then your portable device is going to have to come up to standard, not 'tother way about...

By: Diogenes

Diogenes — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:12:38 +0000

was there a freakin' point to this post? Bandwidth may or may not become scarce? Flash may or may not be a waste of resources on your site? A site with video should include consideration for browsers with limited capability?

I get a lot of crap in my feed that can easily be ignored, but this post was a complete and utter waste. Who gets paid for this? Either take a stand or make a point. 300 million of us out here are ready to make wishy-washy non-committal statements - I don't need to come back to WWD for more of the same.