On 21/12/09 13:11, Steve Tompkins-MacQueen wrote: > Becous of this it is a moral imperative that as a society we provide a > well supported, reliable telecoms connection and at a speed that > supports all the functions that we as a society to all.
There you have a point, however it is not for CPW to fund this. In an ideal world I'd support a state solution to this - it *ought* to be cheaper and more efficient to deliver this nationally through taxation that for each of us to buy our own. However, given the current government and others like it I would strongly fight against it. We'd end up paying a lot more for it, and it would only work on Windows, if it worked at all. And any technology which could potentially be used for bad will be removed even if it is also (and mostly) used for good. Instead (and it'll probably be quicker in the long run) we will have to rely on private enterprise to deliver a quality service. The lack of competition in the supply side is a problem, but there is scope for ISPs to compete on more than just price and I think this will be the natural progression from the status quo. (If CPW offered fantastic support at the low price the competitive pressure would be downward on pricing at the higher end ISPs, but with them offering poor support the competion will be to increase service at the low end.) -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
