 To-Talk, and IP Video. Software enhancements alone offer the same video conference quality at 256 Kbps today that previoiusly required 384 Kbps. Increased understanding of security structures and encryption algorithms (e.g., AES) make Internet communications more secure and less bandwidth intensive. Additionally, whatever role Open Source software (e.g., BSD and Linux) takes in the long-run (we think it will be a significant one), it is providing needed competition and, therefore, incentive for incumbent os and software vendors to provide better solutions to a more savvy and more demanding public. It is also insightful to consider how Moore's Law might apply to connectivity advancements. In all but the most rural of areas, the Internet is no longer a novelty, but something nearly as common in homes as water and power. The question most homeowners in America face is not if one can get broadband, but which connectivity choice one prefers. Broadband connectivity and underlying infrastructures have amplified network consumer bandwidth capacity 25-75 times (an amazing 2500%-7500%) from forty Kbps to three Mbps in only five years! This explosion in capacity has fueled the development and adoption of bandwidth-consuming applications (e.g., Streaming Video, Video Mail, IM, MMS) and is fueling consumers' and business' demand for access to data and services anywhere, at any time, and in any way they choose. This demand is driving the need to offer always-on connections and mobile Internet solutions while at the same time fostering a preference for information and applications to be NOT installed in a single computer or server, but on the network as a service that can be globally-and securely-accessed from any device, at any time, from anywhere on the Internet. Unlike the 1964 AT&T Picturephone, which demanded more than the networks and infrastructures of the time could deliver, today's communications infrastructure and computing have evolved with acceptance of their use. More importantly, we as a society have evolved to e