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On 18-Apr-96 07:53:01, John Bittner <jbitt@primenet.com> wrote:
>In article <774.6682T291T2453@user1.channel1.com>,
>
>>Take a looksee at the new Scientific American.  There's a cute little
>>article
>on
>>bringing the net across to broadcast TV during the verticle blanking
>>phase of transmission.  They claim 96000 bps or more throughput.
>>Guess that seems to
>go
>>hand in hand with Viscorp and set-top boxes.

>Of course, that only brings the net to you.  How do you get your input
>back to the net?

  The cable system provides for a return channel, but it is at a much
lower effective bps.  Actually, the return channel is about 1000000 bps,
but it is packet-switched among all active users, so it rarely gets its
maximum speed.  It is also possible to use a slower modem line for the
sending part of the operations.

  The main use for it is web-type activities, and most of that is
sending from the source.  You simply send tiny requests to them.
Continuous data transmission streams are also possible; like the
teletext systems now, but with higher bandwidth.

  The possibilities here are endless, but *standards* will play a big
role.  Whichever company gets a lock on the standards will own the
industry -- just as most home VCRs are VHS, most home settop boxes will
use a single OS.  And I can't see anyone but Microsoft going for
WindowsTV :)


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