14.4K → 28.8K → 56K
In short: How dial-up modems climbed from 14.4K to 28.8K to 56K against the limits of the telephone channel, and how early streaming audio and video were built to fit each speed.
A 2:04 short film in the series “Being Social Online”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: IEEE (vTools eNotice, event announcement by IEEE regional sections and chapters), “Beating the Shannon Limit: The Case of the 56K Modem : vTools eNotice | vTools IEEE”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “RealAudio | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Modem - Digital, Data, Communication | Britannica”; Wired, “Progressive Moves to Conquer Streaming Video”.
Sources used in this film
- IEEE (vTools eNotice, event announcement by IEEE regional sections and chapters) — Beating the Shannon Limit: The Case of the 56K Modem : vTools eNotice | vTools IEEE · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — RealAudio | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Modem - Digital, Data, Communication | Britannica · View →
- Wired — Progressive Moves to Conquer Streaming Video · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: IEEE (vTools eNotice, event announcement by IEEE regional sections and chapters): Beating the Shannon Limit: The Case of the 56K Modem : vTools eNotice | vTools IEEE
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: RealAudio | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Modem - Digital, Data, Communication | Britannica
- Also: Wired: Progressive Moves to Conquer Streaming Video
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