Back from the dead + broadband
Well, two and bit years on, i've decided to resurrect this blog. Not sure why... or how often I'll update... but sometimes you just need a place to unload.
So, since Jan 07 we've had a change of government, new US president... and a whole host of stuff.
Yesterday, the Government announced a fibre-to-the-premises broadband rollout. Fantastic I say. For too long, governments have not taken the big long term decisions, and the economy is paying for it. Naturally, the opposition opposed it, but these are the same people who would have opposed telephone infrastructure being rolled out.
We're already behind the rest of the world in terms of capacity, and this will help bring us up to speed. Literally. I still can't believe the short-sightedness of people who say we don't need this huge speed increase. Thats the same mentality of those who said you'd never need more than 8MB of RAM. With technology moving so fast, we can't even imaging the possibilities that will arise. And i'm not talking about the obvious streaming media transition. Cloud computing, hi-def video, etc... and other stuff we can't even comprehend yet. Remember, this isn't infrastructure for the next 10 years. It will be there for possibly 100's of years. 100 years ago - did people comprehend the computer?
There is potentially an argument for wireless being a cheaper alternative. However, a couple of issues; inherent medium limitations and instability is one major concern. I also suggest that there will come a point when all these signals and waves flying around will be proven to have health and/or other environmental impacts we haven't yet seen.
Well, its good to back. If anyone is out there .... :)
So, since Jan 07 we've had a change of government, new US president... and a whole host of stuff.
Yesterday, the Government announced a fibre-to-the-premises broadband rollout. Fantastic I say. For too long, governments have not taken the big long term decisions, and the economy is paying for it. Naturally, the opposition opposed it, but these are the same people who would have opposed telephone infrastructure being rolled out.
We're already behind the rest of the world in terms of capacity, and this will help bring us up to speed. Literally. I still can't believe the short-sightedness of people who say we don't need this huge speed increase. Thats the same mentality of those who said you'd never need more than 8MB of RAM. With technology moving so fast, we can't even imaging the possibilities that will arise. And i'm not talking about the obvious streaming media transition. Cloud computing, hi-def video, etc... and other stuff we can't even comprehend yet. Remember, this isn't infrastructure for the next 10 years. It will be there for possibly 100's of years. 100 years ago - did people comprehend the computer?
There is potentially an argument for wireless being a cheaper alternative. However, a couple of issues; inherent medium limitations and instability is one major concern. I also suggest that there will come a point when all these signals and waves flying around will be proven to have health and/or other environmental impacts we haven't yet seen.
Well, its good to back. If anyone is out there .... :)
Niven,
Its been too long without your thoughts out on the web mate. It may have grown in size, but somehow it shrank in *value*. I have had you on bloglines since forever and I thought it was a bloglines error (which happens sometimes) when I saw a new post on your blog - I'm glad it isn't.
I would love to hear your thoughts on both the broadband plan and the filtering plan being proposed by Labour.
Hey Niv,
Long time no speak!
Welcome back the the blog! RSS Feeds for the Win ;P
Bring on the blogging!
Glen
Hey guys! Good to hear from you again! Glad to know people are still reading. BTW - also great to see Planet Joel is still up and running!