Inc. One of the reasons it's so hard to identify killer applications for broadband local access is that we tend to look for something new, different and innovative in the application itself.
Innovative applications are only part of the solution space.
Broadband local access, like Internet technology, is all about delivery. So we're all on the same page, professional content includes applications like corporate LAN access and teleconferencing. The companies involved in both service trials are at such an early stage of design and deployment that they agreed to let me write about the trials, but declined to be identified by name in this column. One trial, still under development, will explore the viability of DSL as a delivery method for a video rental service. In this trial, the service provider will enter into a relationship with a studio or video rental company to distribute movies for a fee.