27th April 2009, 10:46 AM
Those are points to be aware of..
However, I have super unfast Broadband (currently at .65Meg transfer) which is not bad for out here in the middle of nowhere.
The number of people with Dial-up: a current study shows of users connected to the Internet, 95.1 percent are on broadband connections, with 4.9 percent on dialup in the UK.
http://www.itproportal.com/network/news/...ctions-uk/
So using the dial up argument is not as valid as it was a few years ago.
It is perhaps a sad fact we all got in to, that we move technology along at the slowest rate.. I would contend that there is no reason why the 95% could not be served with top of the range information systems, and the 4.9% can still access the basic - rather than wait for the 4.9% to catch up - that is unfair to the vast majority.
I do indeed weep with frustration on some of these current systems, but do know (again for actually beta testing it) that it can be don, it can be done fast, and it can work.
One other point - which is more aimed at councils... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop blocking Googlemaps, Yu Tube, Facebook etc... the council may feel that the employees will spend all day checking their profile while watching videos of monkeys playing the piano, BUT.. the rest of the world is out there, it is how they communicate, the Councils are begining to cut themselves off from those they serve.
How many of you have to wait to get home to watch a video on here for example?
Many have now accepted Googlemaps as an essential tool, phew, but it was not that long ago I had to get special dispensation to use googlemaps (otherwise a BIG RED SIGN would pop up, informing me I was viewing an illegal site)
Lets move forward... with the majority... provide the info (in the way Sheep suggests) AND provide it in other imaginative ways..
Imagine the time saved, if you don't have to do a buffer search and data dump to a contractor... (of course they should inform you) but they could do it themselves.. drawing their own area, creating their own query.
The question is... whose information is it?
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
Niccolo Machiavelli
However, I have super unfast Broadband (currently at .65Meg transfer) which is not bad for out here in the middle of nowhere.
The number of people with Dial-up: a current study shows of users connected to the Internet, 95.1 percent are on broadband connections, with 4.9 percent on dialup in the UK.
http://www.itproportal.com/network/news/...ctions-uk/
So using the dial up argument is not as valid as it was a few years ago.
It is perhaps a sad fact we all got in to, that we move technology along at the slowest rate.. I would contend that there is no reason why the 95% could not be served with top of the range information systems, and the 4.9% can still access the basic - rather than wait for the 4.9% to catch up - that is unfair to the vast majority.
I do indeed weep with frustration on some of these current systems, but do know (again for actually beta testing it) that it can be don, it can be done fast, and it can work.
One other point - which is more aimed at councils... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop blocking Googlemaps, Yu Tube, Facebook etc... the council may feel that the employees will spend all day checking their profile while watching videos of monkeys playing the piano, BUT.. the rest of the world is out there, it is how they communicate, the Councils are begining to cut themselves off from those they serve.
How many of you have to wait to get home to watch a video on here for example?
Many have now accepted Googlemaps as an essential tool, phew, but it was not that long ago I had to get special dispensation to use googlemaps (otherwise a BIG RED SIGN would pop up, informing me I was viewing an illegal site)
Lets move forward... with the majority... provide the info (in the way Sheep suggests) AND provide it in other imaginative ways..
Imagine the time saved, if you don't have to do a buffer search and data dump to a contractor... (of course they should inform you) but they could do it themselves.. drawing their own area, creating their own query.
The question is... whose information is it?
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
Niccolo Machiavelli