PETALING JAYA: With high-speed broadband, the World Wide Web will no
longer be the World Wide Wait to Malaysians who use the Internet.
With
websurfing speeds of at least 10 megabits per second, a typical YouTube
video would load in seconds, instead of the minutes it takes now.
Video-streaming
promises to be lag free for those who like to watch movies on the Web,
while video-
conferencing would be a more viable communications tool for
businesses.
Imagine the savings if employees could hold
discussions at a video-conference instead of having to travel across
the globe for meetings.
High-speed broadband would remove the
kinks in video-streaming and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) could
take off in Malaysia.
IPTV is basically television presented
over the Internet, instead of being broadcast through the air. The
benefits are the viewers can choose what they want to see and when.
This
also presents an opportunity to terrestrial and satellite TV service
providers to add on IPTV. For a satellite TV service provider, IPTV
would help negate one shortcoming — poor transmission during rainy
weather.
Those wanting IPTV would need a broadband-enabled
personal computer to stream or download a movie from the Internet to
their TVs.
With the introduction of high-speed broadband, Malaysians can expect IPTV services to mushroom.
Those
who have made the leap to Blu-ray high-definition movies will also be
able to access additional content that needs to be downloaded from the
Web.
For those who love playing video games on the Internet,
high-speed broadband is a God-send; they can now play co-operatively or
against fellow Malaysians from their homes and offices, as well as with
fellow gamers in other parts of the world.
Some of the more popular games are World of Warcraft, Modern Warfare 2, Command & Conquer 4 and Resident Evil 5 which are played using a PC, as well as PlayStation3 and Xbox 360 consoles.
Other
benefits include smoother e-commerce activities, Internet-based health
services, improved Voice-over-Internet Protocol (web-based telephone
service), websites with more detailed pictures and graphics, as well as
faster data downloads.
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