GBurch1@aol.com wrote:
> Videophones are a function of bandwidth and compression tech. Just as
soon
> as the cable companies get a large enough installed base of high-speed net
> connections, this is going to happen -- why shouldn't it, with high-res
video
> cameras now in the sub-$200 range?
Businesses will want videophones for all sorts of good reasons - and they already have them, and the prices are falling just like you predict. Residential use will have to wait for a generation that doesn't mind answering the thing in a bathrobe, or (more likely) for an image-editing AI good enough that people won't be worrying about what they look like.
Billy Brown, MCSE+I
bbrown@conemsco.com