The online download business is an emerging field. Many top analysts predict that by 2011 it will be a billion dollar a year business. Apple and Amazon are among the few companies offering online downloads. But market hindrances to increased consumer demand are the current speed limits of the internet, and the lack of widely available PC-to-TV connections to view videos.
Researchers at Georgia Tech see in the near future the wide use of wireless networks capable of sending large amounts of data in super-fast speeds. This would enable a user to download a full-length DVD-quality video in a span of a few seconds. Currently it would take about a day for most connections.
The new technology to enable these fast speeds would utilize very high radio frequencies, currently untapped except for special military applications. In the coming years, circuit boards and computers in general will be evolved and adapted to deal with the increased speed requirements.
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