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Full-Screen Video Over 28.8k: The Claims Continue

Posted by timothy on from the well-maybe-a-monkey's-cousin-at-least dept.

gwernol writes "Over at Screen Daily they are claiming that an Australian company has demonstrated a high quality, full-screen video-on-demand service that is delivered over a 28.8k modem. They claim this will 'eliminate the need for broadband.' If this is true, then they'll change the world. Of course, the basic technology has been around for a while, see this article from 1998 or this one from earlier this year. I remain extremely sceptical. If this is real, why won't they allow proper independent testing? But it is interesting that they're getting funding. Could this be the last great Internet scam?"

Several readers also pointed out this brief report at imdb.com as well. We've mentioned this before, but the news here is the reportedly successful demo. It would be a lot easier to swallow if he'd let people test it independently, but video-over-28.8 sure is tantalizing.

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  1. Re:If you believe that... by istartedi · · Score: 4, Troll

    "Yes, and I am able to compress all of Slashdot down to 10 bytes."

    FIRST POST
    0123456789

    Well, what do you know, he's right!

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    For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
  2. Re:End of Broadband? by Bobo+the+Space+Chimp · · Score: 0, Troll

    > The USA is AFAIK one of the only countries with
    > unmetered local calls. [and the UK is not]

    Why? Hmmmm...

    International Workers of the World, unite!

    Look for...the Union Label.

    Just say...Union, yes!

    Big, bloated government unions with coercive monopolies that can, legally, jail any competitors.

    Socalism now, socialism forever!

    If you really knew what Communism was, you'd pray for it!

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    I am for the complete Trantorization of Earth.
  3. Re:There's Something to be said for Spellcheck. by timothy · · Score: 0, Troll

    http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=sce ptical

    I see this spelling a lot from British /. Australian people, dunno if it's a true Britishism :) but that's what I'd guess. Not that I'm a perfect speller, but this one is OK.

    timothy

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  4. Re:Video over 28.8 by pertman · · Score: 0, Troll

    THIS IS A SCAM. PLAIN AND SIMPLE. Look at the bitrates. It is not possible.