http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/can-or-cant/ organising for consumers Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:26:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://edmayo.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/can-or-cant/#comment-343 cyberdoyle Sat, 09 May 2009 23:51:18 +0000 http://edmayo.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-343 ello. If you are speaking on making the internet work for consumers at BERR then please tell them the best way to make it work is by providing ubiquitous, affordable, dependable broadband for everyone, not just the people in the cities whose close proximity to fat pipes means they get good connections whereas those in rural areas get a half meg if they are lucky. Well not so lucky in fact, the simple fact they can get half a meg contended around 70:1 means that BT tell BERR they have delivered 'broadband' but in truth they haven't really, well not good enough to drive innovation. What happens when people have poor connections is they get frustrated, moan, and put a lot of people off even trying to access digital britain and digital world. It would be great if you could mention this... thanks chris ello. If you are speaking on making the internet work for consumers at BERR then please tell them the best way to make it work is by providing ubiquitous, affordable, dependable broadband for everyone, not just the people in the cities whose close proximity to fat pipes means they get good connections whereas those in rural areas get a half meg if they are lucky. Well not so lucky in fact, the simple fact they can get half a meg contended around 70:1 means that BT tell BERR they have delivered ‘broadband’ but in truth they haven’t really, well not good enough to drive innovation. What happens when people have poor connections is they get frustrated, moan, and put a lot of people off even trying to access digital britain and digital world. It would be great if you could mention this… thanks
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