Decades? Bandwidth for global scale videoconferencing didn't exist even 10 years ago, especially in poorer parts of the world. Speeds like 8Mbps/1Mbps or even 8

Decades? Bandwidth for global scale videoconferencing didn't exist even 10 years ago, especially in poorer parts of the world. Speeds like 8Mbps/1Mbps or even 8/512kbps over ADSL were common. People also had much weaker hardware. I think the switch to remote work started to really happen just as it actually became practical for a sufficient percentage of people, which is basically now. https://www.submarinenetworks.com/news/global-bandwidth-pricing-trends https://www.submarinenetworks.com/news/global-bandwidth-pric... "Carriers reached an impressive 67Tbps of capacity on their international internet, private and voice networks in 2011" https://www2.telegeography.com/hubfs/assets/Ebooks/state-of-the-network-2021.pdf https://www2.telegeography.com/hubfs/assets/Ebooks/state-of-... "Total international bandwidth now stands at 618 Tbps" (note it's from the same company) That's an increase of 9.2x.