On Dec 6, 7:52*pm, Bernard Peek wrote:
On 06/12/10 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??

It costs around 5 for a local council to deal with a question by post.
If it's done via a web site it costs less than 20p. The government wants
everyone to use the web so they can shut down the expansive support
services used by fewer and fewer people.

Maybe but a substantial mileage of BT copper-ware is Victorian and
some of the neo classical stuff also wants upgrading so it isn't
really news. But it is a sugar coating for the bribe to come. I wonder
what that will be.

(Not really but will feign interest, though I don't watch TV or read
the papers. I've lived long enough to have learned the cycle.)