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Ten things to expect with Broadband 2.0. |
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Monday, 24 August 2009 16:15 |
- Abundant bandwidth: 100 Mbit/s (with 1 Gbit/s later).
- A two-way highway: Most broadband uplinks are not broadband. To get more active engagement of users and innovation in applications development, requires that Broadband 2.0 be symmetric wherever possible.
- Always available: Broadband 1.0 is "always on". Broadband 2.0 and the essential services that run on it – must be always available to achieve its full potential.
- Wireless and wireline: New broadband wireless technologies, such as HSPA and WiMax are generating flat-rate packages blurring the distinction between wired and wireless broadband. However, wireless cannot do everything. Users choose service providers that can offer convenient, appropriate, and ubiquitous access wherever they are.
- Open access: Open access is a key theme with Broadband 2.0. New service providers will open their networks and resources ensuring more fruitful partnerships with Web-based applications providers.
- The channel for video: Video entertainment is largely delivered via conventional channels. Broadband 2.0 could become a more flexible medium for delivering any kind of video (including user-generated and over-the-top video) to end users rendering other channels increasingly obsolete.
- A new communications medium: Communications is far from converged today, but users will choose more integrated services when they are easy to use. Communications through a single address book or a single interface, integrated many third party services such as email, IM, telephony and video telephony, wireless, wireline, etc. is the vision.
- Safe and secure: Fears about viruses, identity theft, and related concerns have become the barrier to Internet take-up, especially among late adopters. An absolute commitment by service providers to solid security and ensure trust is a must with Broadband 2.0.
- Plug and play: Broadband is still far from plug and play. Getting broadband connectivity needs to be as easy as flicking a switch.
- Copyright reforms: Broadband 2.0 needs to promote 21st century business models that are consistent with 21st century assumptions about fair access to content while facilitating suitable rewards for 21st century creators.
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Last Updated on Monday, 24 August 2009 16:56 |
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