FLASH: Increased backbone speed

[John Croteau]

Hi all,


"The numbers are staggering: Six major new national fiber-optic networks

will come on line during the next two years at a cost of $18 billion.

Those new networks are in addition to those already built and operated

by the Big Three of long-distance: AT&T, MCI WorldCom and Sprint."


The problem is most of the new backbones will all be in the same places.

So we will have super connectivity along certain corridors. This will

likely lead to much better bandwidth and lower cost for those connected

to the web along the corridors. The competion will be fierce and it is

unlikely that all 6 of these startups will still be around in five years

but most likely the fiber will still be in use.


All this fiber is being laid and put in place during the next two years.

Only about half of the US is likely to benefit from this new fiber.

Internationally there will be little benefit. In fact it is likely that

many more internationals will have sites located in the US to enable

their participation in this high bandwidth market.


In the near future (1-2 years) a major portion of US web will become

high bandwidth capable. How much this will be will depend on how much

DSL and cable modems prices drop as well as how these companies maintain

their connections to the web backbone.


What's this have to do with Flash?

A lot..........

Quite simply -- how will Flash 5 handle the needs for both high and low

bandwidth needs (possibly at the same time)?  I think that this is

likely to be what should make Flash 5 - Flash 5.


At present we have people who use Flash 3/4 for intranets and some who

also place files on the Web that work well (or could) only for those

with T1, DSL or Cable type speed connections. These uses are pushing the

limits of Flash 4. Flash 5 neeeds to be able to step up - to be able to

handle the larger file size and speed increases we will be needing. At

the same time we need a way to easily create high and low bandwidth

versions at the same time. High bandwidth will be a major portion but

low bandwidth will still dominate.



http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2327464,00.html


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