Whenyouviewawebpage, for example, a copyofthepageisloadedinto the videomemory of yourcomputer (orphone, or iPad) before the device candisplay it on the screen.
The world does not, of course, need that many people chattering at once, but it may need millions at once fetching different videoweb pages, and video consumes a lot more bandwidth than phone calls.
For a little more he built an Asterisk system of motion detectors and Web cameras that send video to his office laptop and can call any phone when something happens at his house.
Google stands to benefit significantly if more people start using its services to browse the web over sprawling, free WiFi networks, or make phone and video calls calls via free services Google Voice or Google Hangouts.