[ih] Evolution of Internet audio and video

Johan Helsingius julf at Julf.com
Tue Sep 30 04:25:05 PDT 2025


On 29/09/2025 23:13, Craig Partridge via Internet-history wrote:
> It was a complex evolution.  I remember talking with a VC person in Palo
> Alto c. 1994 about the fact that at some point in the next decade we'd be
> able to deliver movies over the Internet.

I still fondly remember the 1988 Qwest David Lynch-style commercial with
the run-down motel on in the middle of nowhere that still has "every 
movie ever made in every language, any time, day or night". After all
these years, we still don't have that - because the movies sit behind
various non-compatible walled gardens and subscription services.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAxtxPAUcwQ

	Julf



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