Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Jan 18 15:40:40 CST 2010
I have not done a great deal of research into how implementing high performance internet would over-all improve the situation. Its time for you to do some of the good research that you have become known for. I do know that my remote client support is negatively impacted and when I am in some remote region and I find it almost impossible to support any client from that region. I have gone so far as to rate motels and hotels by the quality of their internet connection and have used that information for accommodation selection or whether I will even reside in certain areas with poor communication. I have also found that it can limit client application choices as they are forced to accept some of the older desktop based technologies and limited internet integration. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:27 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Web Connection speeds "give our countrys' the structure to develop businesses in any area on the continent." this assumes, of course, that the current infrastructure is significantly inhibiting commerce. But I don't know that that's the case. I mean, I wonder if the average speed number can correlate to any economic consequence. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:05 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Web Connection speeds Good questions John... I would suspect that our large rural areas have an effect on these statistics especially when small densities of people make the expansion of high speed internet costs prohibitive. The federal, provincial and municipal government did implement a fiber-optic backbone across the province but it is only used by the government. No joy there for the general population. On the other hand, countries like South Korea and Japan have a 50 percent fiber optic adoption ratio and many countries (over 20 at last count) are trying to get-an-edge by creating an enterprise friendly environment within their country. We do not even have a national fiber-optic program here. IMHO, I do not believe it is a situation that can not be left to linger for years... is would be like not having a national railway in the 1900s. I think a pro-active approach would give our countrys' the structure to develop businesses in any area on the continent... especially in mid western and the manufacturing areas which have been so hard hit by the current recession. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 11:01 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Web Connection speeds Jim, Interesting. Does the size of national area affect how quickly the new technologies can be implemented across the nation? Is there a number of users relationship to speed? Some nations are losing speed which may be because more users are starting to use the same, unchanged network. Might it also be that some of these nations may not have many rural users? North American countries have a high percentage of their rural users connected. Many of these are left with little choice other than dial-up at this time. Questions, questions, questions... _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com