[AccessD] Alpha Anywhere

And in the heart of the capital city of PNG, we dream of a service as good as they get in 
Australia, even ADSL2  :-(

-- 
Stuart

On 3 Sep 2013 at 23:39, Darryl Collins wrote:

> Good points Jim,
> 
> Broadband (or Fraudband as we like to call it) is a huge issue in
> Australia.  If you live is the city it is generally ok, although many
> folks are still on ADSL2 - turbo charged copper wire from the 1800's. 
> Some are on cable, but that also has its own constraints. 
> 
> Go out a little bit from the Urban areas and it turns to crap pretty
> quickly. 
> 
> Even with wireless the carriers play games with their stats.  Sure
> they cover something line 96% of the population, but it is only about
> 4% of the land mass in total.  So if you are on the edge of the cities
> it gets real patchy real fast.  This is because nearly everyone in
> Australia lives up in the SE corner of the country (Between Brisbane
> to Melbourne really). 
> 
> So yeah, streaming and cloud services get ugly real fast - especially
> as many of the mobile carriers have tight monthly data caps as well. 
> That model just isn't going to work too well in many parts of the
> world. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman
> Sent: Tuesday, 3 September 2013 10:13 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Alpha Anywhere
> 
> 
>   It's not that they cannot, it's they don't want to.
> 
>   Microsoft has jumped ship in regards to the desktop and are looking
> to leapfrog everyone by a few years. Their entire corporate strategy
> and focus is aimed at the web and getting Office users onto a
> subscription model because the software development cycle as we know
> it is no longer sustainable.   They don't want anyone on the desktop
> any more with applications.