On 06/12/2010 16:23, Nightjar "cpb"@ insertmysurnamehere wrote:
On 06/12/2010 15:48, Wesley wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11922424

Can't see how the government spending almost £1 Bn on this is going to
generate too many jobs. Most call centres etc seem to be located abroad
anyway. It will be great for on-line gamers and people who download
massive
files. I can't understand why the Government is so keen to promote it. Am
I missing something here??

Have you ever tried to run an internet based business from a rural area
where it can be a struggle to get 255kbps, even when you are paying for
a 5:1 contention ratio?

Depends on the nature of the business, but surely the sensible thing is
to have the servers in a different place from the the people?