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- From: lakerb@rcwusr.bp.com
- Newsgroups: comp.groupware
- Subject: Re: AT&T PicturePhone Failure Papers?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.091120.130@rcwusr>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 09:11:19 -0600
- References: <1993Jan21.120745.12023@bernina.ethz.ch> <1jr4tmINNkbm@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> <1993Jan24.212800.7716@crd.ge.com> <1993Jan25.173143.1117@news.mentorg.com>
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- In article <1993Jan25.173143.1117@news.mentorg.com>, janem@janem.mentorg.com (Jane Merrow) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan24.212800.7716@crd.ge.com>, kassover@rumsey.crd.ge.com (David Kassover) writes:
- > |>
- > |> A lot has changed in 23 years; perhaps useful and interesting
- > |> functionality can now be delivered without doubling or tripling
- > |> the phone rates.
- > |>
- >
- > There's a new color picturephone on the market now. It costs about
- > $1500 per unit (which means $3000 to get one for yourself and someone
- > to talk to and see). It is supposed to run on the regular phone lines
- > with no added fees, so the cost is only in acquiring the equipment.
- >
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- A recent article pointed out that home cable providers have an unrealized
- opportunity for expanded services. They mentioned that a camcorder was a
- picturephone input device and the TV a picturephone output device, potentially.
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- Also mentioned was that portable phones could link into the cable
- data/information transport, as well as personal computers, FAX, etc.
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- Rob Lake
- BP America Research
- lake@rcwcl1.dnet.bp.com
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