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Ask HN: What innovations have come as a result of high bandwidth?
What innovations have changed the world as a result of high bandwidth through e.g. fibre optics?
- lutusp 14y agoThe list is long. Online media -- sites like Hulu and others that stream full-resolution video, wouldn't be possible without high-speed, high-bandwidth access. Distributed scientific computing, in which complex problems that require high bandwidth, but that are solved by a worldwide distribution of machines, like seti@home, folding@home and others, benefit from high speed/bandwidth. YouTube and similar sites, sites that resemble social forums but that use video, all require high speed access. The list goes on and on. The modern Internet wouldn't remotely have its present form without high speed/bandwidth.
- sfrechtling 14y agoI think the great innovations of high bandwidth are still to come; imagine doctors able to pull data and compute from anywhere instantly on any device, or even streaming live doctors anywhere in the world, or CERN able to send results as soon as they are processed, or complete 4k classrooms from multiple angles. Bit pie in the sky I know - but a bit of a dream!
- carl-platt 14y agoI am guessing you live in developed nations and would like to know how such innovations have changed the basic things people do, e.g. banking, shopping, and other services.
- ricardobeat 14y agoExcept for 4k video, I'm sure all of this is already being done today.