Andrew wrote:
Depends on the GP's and what they do as to whether they need faster access.
I have several clinics who could not now live without ADSL2 which goes
against your -'no one is doing' remark :)
Case 1 -travel doctors who look up, up to the minute advise from
travelex.com. They used to have to wait for the pages to load wasting
valuable time in consults. So the push from their existing 512/128
connection to ADSL2 speeds was eased by B4H.
Case 2. -home visits by nurse with laptop to do care plans, using NextG
mobile card and VPN-ing back into clinical app. Without fixed IP this would
be unreliable. Without their ADSL2 connection @ 16mb/1mb it would be slow.
Case 3 -remote clinic linked by IPSec vpn back to main clinic via B4H
connection, again ADSL2. The remote clinic then gets to use the same
clinical DB, not possible with a 512/128 connection.
Case 4 -nearly all my clients use vpn's from home to check the odd path
result that is nagging away in their mind after dinner. Not possible without
a decent connection which B4H has introduced them to.
The good thing is most of my clients got a great snapgear firewall courtesy
of the govt and when B4H finishes they will be able to keep their current
speeds but pay less per month as the B4H prices were fixed 2 or so years
ago.
So I feel B4H has benefitted GP's.
Andrew,
No doubt some have benefitted from the high-end, as I suggested too with
IPSEC VPNs, but most just get pathology results and virus
definitions/Windows updates/program updates a bit more easily.
I've had medical centres using Medicare Online over dial-up for
bulk-billing. Ditto for results. I'm moving one practice onto broadband
tonight that has accumulated four diallers, so they'll benefit, but
512/128 will work fine.
No doubt these things are quicker/simpler on ADSL, but again I'd
maintain the vast majority don't utilise the static address or gain
anything tangible from higher speeds, at their practices.
Some will like the idea they have the fastest available, etc., but I
didn't think vanity was a real need. Silly me.
Greg
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