One of the claimed advantages for enabling faster Internet access is that doing so encourages developers to create new applications that take advantage of those higher bandwidths. One might point to the precedent of the World Wide Web, real-time applications of all sorts and video-heavy apps as examples of what happens when faster Internet access is available.
It appears one example is a new plan by the Kansas City Public Library to provide access to high-end productivity software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premier, to library patrons.
With the help of the Mozilla Ignite Challenge, intended to foster applications that take advantage of gigabit-per-second Internet speeds, the Kansas City Public Library is developing a high-speed Software Lending Library that will allow users to “check out” applications hosted by the library.
According to the proposal, the library can do so because of gigabit speeds provided by Google Fiber, which will enable library patrons to access brand-name business software from gigabit-wired locations even using low-performing or older computers and devices.
So far, that is one concrete example of a new app enabled by gigabit speeds. By extension, the same should be true of any other cloud-based service.
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