bgraham
join:2001-03-15
Smithtown, NY
 ·Verizon FIOS
| reply to spewak
Re: Ain't gonna happen!
said by spewak  :One key issue mentioned in the article is the fact that broadband service providers who are exploring metered bandwidth would need to find a way to offer virtual PC services without charging the customer for the transfer of data from the keyboard/mouse to the virtual desktop. To quote Gordon Gecko: "Greed is good"..... If they are offering metered bandwidth why would they want to not charge for transfer of data from the mouse and keyboard? They charge bandwidth for everything else including pop up ads and cookies that breed even more unwanted ads.
I have not put a great deal of thought into this and frankly I would probably have no use for it but as I mentioned I could see a couple of uses. I could take a virtual PC anywhere that has a broadband connection and maybe use a powerful expensive program that I don't own perhaps running it on a PC that is not capable. |
