🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1993Jan25.173143.1117@news.mentorg.com>, janem@janem.mentorg.com (Jane Merrow) writes:
> In article <1993Jan24.212800.7716@crd.ge.com>, kassover@rumsey.crd.ge.com (David Kassover) writes:
> |> 
> |> A lot has changed in 23 years; perhaps useful and interesting
> |> functionality can now be delivered without doubling or tripling
> |> the phone rates.
> |> 
> 
> There's a new color picturephone on the market now.  It costs about
> $1500 per unit (which means $3000 to get one for yourself and someone
> to talk to and see).  It is supposed to run on the regular phone lines 
> with no added fees, so the cost is only in acquiring the equipment. 
> 

A recent article pointed out that home cable providers have an unrealized
opportunity for expanded services.  They mentioned that a camcorder was a
picturephone input device and the TV a picturephone output device, potentially.

Also mentioned was that portable phones could link into the cable
data/information transport, as well as personal computers, FAX, etc.

Rob Lake
BP America Research
lake@rcwcl1.dnet.bp.com