Amazing(?) New Video Compression

Nathan Bailey writes "In another astounding display of media gullibility, here is a story about a "self-confessed non-computer person" who has managed to get "real-time full broadcast 768 x 576 video and CD-quality audio streams down a standard 28.8Kbps modem and copper line," with "compression ratios as high as 1000:1 at near-broadcast quality." " I'll believe it when I see it, but if it is true, it will significantly alter cooperative computing, pc based communication, and even TV.