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| Thread ID: 65900 | 2006-02-03 21:32:00 | Broadband essential for delivering future growth | stu161204 (123) | PC World Chat |
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| 426928 | 2006-02-04 08:32:00 | The old list of all the wonderful mythical benefits of the Internet . They did leave out the "promise" of 500 channels of TV, however . It's all nonsense . Here here . :thumbs: :thumbs: Didn't anyone learn anything with the dot . com boom and bust? All those billions of $ invested in internet companies which were going to take over business in the 21st century? And they died . Its called the "Tech Wreck" Broadband is only a tool . Yes, its faster than a sailing ship, pony express, even telegraph . But it is simply a communication tool . The actual information sent is what is important . But even then, its value is limited . The food you eat is grown in soil (hopefully :D), your clothes from cotton, wool, or oil . Truck drivers deliver the stuff . Fishermen use nets to catch fish . Loggers cut down and saw up trees . Sometimes computers have a minor input but the internet is largely irrelevant . There won't be any economic boom for NZ if broadband becomes free . The vast majority of this countries wealth comes from agriculture, forestry, fishing and tourism . Sadly we can't ship any of that lot off down a copper wire . |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 426929 | 2006-02-04 18:41:00 | I think we have a Luddite in our midst. Someone who wants to equate production with communication. From the myriad of things that will arise from this potentially unlimited source,lets assume you have thought of a possible way to produce cheap power.What you would have done in the past is work away in your shed for years with little or no input from the outside to help you on your way. Today and even more-so tomorrow,you will be able to connect with others of like mind and boom you have cheap power,so to speak. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 426930 | 2006-02-04 18:50:00 | ......What you would have done in the past is work away in your shed for years with little or no input from the outside to help you on your way. Methinks you must have been watching the Burt Munro documentary on TV1 last night Cic :thumbs: |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 426931 | 2006-02-04 19:14:00 | Methinks you must have been watching the Burt Munro documentary on TV1 last night Cic :thumbs: Ha ha,I did. You must see the potential though Ter. Some of the potential stuff. pesn.com |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 426932 | 2006-02-05 04:42:00 | From a cursory glance, some of that seems extremely dodgy to me, some of that stuff belongs in the realm of belief and imagination :nerd: | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 426933 | 2006-02-05 04:50:00 | From a cursory glance, some of that seems extremely dodgy to me, some of that stuff belongs in the realm of belief and imagination :nerd: Indeed,but then so did the steam engine in the beginning. Oh and so did Munroes bike. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 426934 | 2006-02-05 07:02:00 | To suggest there is virtually no benefit to adopting real braodband at realistic prices and data throughput is fallacious IMO. The dot.com boom then bust was based, not on the technology but on dodgy business practices and greed. While I doubt many of the claims for boadbands benefits, those like Cicies example of scientific and research information are very real, along with such industries as the movie industry, special effects and post production. There is also the less determinable benefits of credibility and attractiveness, for eg. tourists and visiting business people being able to plug in and get similar data rates to what they are used to without being fleeced to the hilt. Finally, there is the question of being screwed by the supplier, or our perception of being screwed. Why do we have to put up with relatively slow rates, caps and high cost. What is the mechanism that makes this beneficial for us? |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 426935 | 2006-02-06 08:27:00 | I have no doubt that cheap or even free broadband will arrive in NZ in the next few years. Afterall, we didn't have broadband at all 10 years ago - not that I know of anyway. Cities in the US are already looking at providing free wireless broadband paid for by local taxes. All I am saying is that fast internet isn't a panacea for NZ's economic growth. It can help of course but it isn't a magic wand. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 426936 | 2006-02-06 09:10:00 | IAfterall, we didn't have broadband at all 10 years ago - not that I know of anyway. 1996 Winnie. What capabilies it had, I don't know, typically, NZ was an early adopter. All a bit of a waste, eh! |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 426937 | 2006-02-06 10:11:00 | Afterall, we didn't have broadband at all 10 years ago - not that I know of anyway. In that case it will be another 10 years before NZ gets what the rest of the world has now.... |
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