The iSociety team have published their report Fat Pipes, Connected People. "Broadband Britain had a rough start. Well behind comparable countries in international comparisons, the UK’s road to broadband epitomised the confidence slump in the UK technology sector. But today things are looking up. Britain has over two-and-a-half million broadband subscribers – a number set to more than double by 2005, at which time the UK will have overtaken France as the second largest broadband market in Europe.This is because the supply side of the market – how to run, deliver, and price broadband – is working well.
Unfortunately there is a problem on the demand side. Some areas of the country have 100% broadband availability, but take-up could be faster. Now the industry must turn its attention to this issue and work out how to accelerate take-up further. This report attempts to do just that."
The BBC reports" People are so fed up with spam, porn and viruses that they are put off high-speed broadband, says a study." and quotes author James Crabtree "Ordinary people are promised that broadband makes the internet better. In fact it sometimes leads to a disaster on the desktop which makes people consider stopping using the net altogether."
Sounds like the usual Net problem for many people of "why bother" combined with "it's too complicated".
James argues "Broadband was at its best when it allowed people to create things for themselves." You can join discussion on the at iSociety blog
Recent Comments