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JamesB writes "Voxilla reports that two major Voice-over-IP providers, VoicePulse and Vonage have announced plans for Video-over-IP. Their competitor Packet8 has already been offering this service for several months."
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Is this like a fancy version of Netmeeting? Wasn't that released in Win98?
Article from October.
"Powers. I have them."
Yes, and Yes.
Been using Skype for about three months and started to get spam. Thankfully you have the 'only allow approved contacts to contact me' option
I'm not sure of how many months were meant by several, but packet8 had it whenever i started service with them. And if i remember right that was back in January.
From wired 1995:
:)
SGI's Challenge XL server will be used for the Time Warner Cable trial in Orlando, Florida, which was scheduled to begin late in 1994 and will service a total of 4,000 homes. Customers will have a powerful set-top box, built by SGI and Scientific-Atlanta.
Never quite worked, though
CC.
TaijiQuan (Huang, 5 loosenings)
Video-Over-IP phone over FTTH is ready in Japan. If you're living in Japan, you can see TV CM everyday.
http://www.fletsphone.com/products/index.html
From Tokyo, Japan
They could be throttling you back, or more people have signed up over the past few years. Both scenarios are probably happening. This is the major flaw with cable modem technology. Try using a cable modem in New Work or San Fransisco. Not fast at all, every shares the same local pipe, before yuou get to the internet itself. DSL is a better concept, allows for much more flexibility and scalability, at the local level. Also, cable companies suck. Also my cable service tended to go "down" a lot. My DSL service on the other hand has never went "down".
"I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator"-Adolf Hitler or George W Bush?
I'm in UK, I believe that TiVo aren't available here (nothing on amazon.co.uk or dixons.co.uk). I've seen PVRs on sale but they seem to either not have any show related functions you mention (really they're just like normal VCRs in that you set the start and end times, the only differences are they use a hard drive and some let you pause live TV). If you're on SkyTV (UK version of FOXTV) and have a Sky+ box then it will let you scroll through the TV listings (don't know if it covers all channels or just some) and select the shows you want to record but so far as I am aware they don't support topic or actor searches.
Stephen
"Don't write down to your readers, the only people less intelligent than you can't read" - Sign on Newspaper Office Wall