Jon Given that you say the connectivity locally is poor and presumably tied into the "circuit" model into an exchange fabric how do people reach the IX in order to join it usefully?
Christian Jon Morby (FidoNet) wrote: > The IX is secondary (and I don’t anticipate a fast start or a lot of traffic, > especially not when comparing to other regional IXs). > > The DX is the primary driver to help kickstart tech businesses and give them > a central focal point for innovation / etc … this is one small part of a much > larger initiative > > The distinct lack of high speed internet has been a problem for a long time, > the quality of life is there but the last mile is awful and not “fit for > business” use > > FTTC is starting to appear but too little too late … hopefully the BDX will > act as catalyst, mixed in with other initiatives, to help tech companies > start and to grow whist not being dependent on London for the basics. > > I guess we’ll measure the success as to whether or not the BDX is still going > in 3 years time as whilst it is a co-operative, it does have to be self > funding so we need members to join either the IX or the DX or both > > > > J > > >> On 24 Mar 2015, at 23:00, Neil J. McRae <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Jon >> Can't help but think that an IX is going to offer very limited benefit in >> turning Brighton into a digital centre. They would be far better investing >> the money into tech literacy efforts. How are they measuring success? >> >> Regards, >> Neil > > -- Christian de Larrinaga FBCS, CITP, MCMA ------------------------- @ FirstHand ------------------------- +44 7989 386778 [email protected] -------------------------
