Question 6

[fiwipie]

What applications and services would not be able to be run over a network that has the criteria outlined as a minimum?

[fiwipie]

Those applications and services that have yet to be invented

i.e. that will rely on greater levels of capacity, contention and quality of service

– youtube, facebook, myspace, flikr didn't exist 10 years ago and required a critical mass of broadband subscribers to emerge to make these application viable

FttH is about strategic capacity building – looking at the differential cost to be world-leading rather than world catch-up (aka make do and mend) is low enough to green-light making the necessary investment in going to world class now

– so much benefit depends on and awaits the connectivity infrastructure that we need to get on with making true 4th utility connectivity available without further delay

What applications and services would not be able to be run over a network that has the criteria outlined as a minimum?

[cyberdoyle]

hardly any applications will work in the future without adequate capacity. So many people are multitasking now, using ever greater quantities... streaming vid, downloading data and dealing with other stuff at the same time. Even if no new apps were invented it is already clear that in many areas of the uk capacity will never be available to do all this through copper. But we all know the new apps will come, and only countries with decent infrastructure will be able to use them. Probably the same countries will invent them too.