Roeland M.J. Meyer [mailto:rmeyer@mhsc.com] wrote on June 02, 1998 at 7:12 AM:

Even when [decent bandwidth at the end-user site] does happen, they won't want to use it for video. A classic is the MCI commercial where that gal was telecommuting (bath-robing at noon), the last thing such would want is a video-based conference. Been there, doing that.

Real-time, two-way videoconferencing is just *one* form of video over IP. In some people's eyes, video over IP might involve someone Web-surfing to a site from which they can view Episode 89 of Gilligan's Island (streamed video), possibly with commercials embedded. There are all sorts of possible pricing models here, ranging from flat-rate subscription fees to pay-per-use to commercial-paid, and everything in-between. Lots of possible cache schemes, too. Pete ______________________________________________________________________ Peter J. Farmer E-mail: pfarmer@strategies-u.com Strategies Unlimited Voice: +1 650 941 3438 201 San Antonio Circle, Suite 205 Fax: +1 650 941 5120 Mountain View, CA 94040 WWW: http://www.strategies-u.com