Run in conjunction with BT, OnLive requires a broadband connection faster than 1Mbps and works on PC, Macs, Tablets and net-connected TVs.
Iran controls the internet gateways into the country, and in 2006 the government outlawed any connection faster than 128kbps – until the policy met stiff opposition from business leaders and even members of the Iranian parliament.
But the phones, which promise Internet connections fast enough to download audio and video files, snap and send photos and hold teleconferences, do not impress Mr. Ohno.
But now, every entrepreneur has access to quick connections, fast devices and the technological infrastructure built by large corporations.
Netflix, the streaming television and film service, said in February that it had launched its site in Cuba, although it remains unclear how many Cubans actually have internet connections fast enough to operate the service.
5G, which will be rolled out after 2020, will make mobile data connections faster – probably much faster.
Michael Coe, an SBC spokesman, said that in several markets, including Dallas and San Francisco, where cable broadband service has been offered slowly, customers are adopting D.S.L. connections faster than cable.
After all, his signature -- and only -- product is the Propel Accelerator, which is supposed to make dial-up Internet connections faster.
Not only are network connections faster, but disk drives are much bigger and cheaper.
