Videoconferencing is taking off in the consumer sector. Everyone flips on a videocam as soon as they boot up Skype, or whatever VOIP application they use. Except…Talking to someone in Australia the other day he asked for the video to be turned off.  Apparently, on occasions, it was consuming so much of his available bandwidth it was interfering with voice quality.

But more important. He only had a set allocation of bandwidth per month and the video consumed so much it sucked out his connectivity. Wow. Australia has a problem. 

Telecommunications is the next big area of reform. Unless all Australians begin to use vast amounts of fast broadband connection they will miss the change that is sweeping the world. Can't connect to consumer videoconferencing? End the availability for design/advertising/consulting jobs all over the world. End the possibility of new ideas/options/opportunities emerging from anywhere in a globalized community. End mulitlateral business development.

Videoconferencing will be as normal and natural as using the telephone within a couple of years. It is for some of us now. Australia is missing out. That's bad. 

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