Thursday, 24 April 2008
Slugband
Holding back on broadband? Only getting 512kb/s? What does it mean?
A company in Shotton Colliery has to close its doors (and terminals) because the web training packages won't download fast enough to use; it opened to train broadband engineers! Doctors across Co Durham can't use the flagship "Choose & Book" package - part of the £10bn Connecting for Health programme, in front of patients because it runs too slowly!
People are leaving the North East to find work because 1- there are few knowledge jobs here and 2- they can't work from home because broadband is too slow. Perhaps now it's time to change?
Labels:
broadband,
information age,
north east,
speed problems,
worklessness
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