(I received this today from Dorset County Council's Dorset Coast Forum. I think the bottom line is, please take part in the survey if you want to help increase our chances of getting better broadband in Dorset)
BT is the Tier 1 Communications Sponsor for the London 2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games. Part of their sponsorship contract involves the
installation of high capacity network connectivity to the Weymouth and
Portland National Sailing Academy for the Olympic games. This high
band-width fibre optic connection will support data, voice, media and
mobile communication during Games but could also provide a unique
opportunity to fast-track high quality broadband provision across Dorset.
BT, and other communication providers, will require a strong business case
of the potential on-line demand and usage in order to further invest in
Dorset's digital infrastructure. Team Dorset therefore need to generate a
substantial demand for hi speed connectivity in order to influence BT and
others to install and roll out these broadband services across Dorset. Team
Dorset are asking for your support by completing an on-line Connectivity
Survey. Available at:
http://www.teamdorset.org.uk/Business/Broadband-Survey?pgid=153
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
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Since most of Dorset is rural, and local jobs are in short supply and relatively low in pay, broadband is essential to permit the growth of businesses and jobs that are internet based.
This is vital to the region's economic future.
will this faster broadband cost anymore?
What is the point if our customers elsewhere still have "slow" broadband?
Nothing is free, my friend.
Doesn't matter to anyone in Dorset what their broadband speed is. It is our rate of productivity that matters.
If Dorset wants any future in the 21st century, it must have the best technology to make up for its remoteness.
Unless you're a farmer, quarryman, retired or working in tourism - although fast broadband will be useful to these people, too.
I often have to send large image files. At the moment the process is rather cumbersome, particularity as the A in ADSL stands for asymmetrical and the speed at which things go upline from my computer is not nearly as high as the speed they download into it. From the point of view of businesses faster connection speeds are more to do with business to business data movements as we don't have the sort of businesses here that want to send out things like films to the general public.
Over they years we have gone from 14kbs dial up to 8mbs broadband and each improvement has been utilised. We will get 100mbs but by the time it arrives places like Korea will have 1gbs so we will still be lagging.
From Echo
Dorset firms urged to back Olympic broadband bid
BUSINESSES are being urged to throw their weight behind a campaign to get Dorset plugged into a technological revolution.
The county could get high quality broadband years early – but first firms have to demonstrate there is a need.
A powerful message from the business community will show BT the links would be used.
As communications sponsor for the 2012 Olympics, BT is laying fibre optic connections to all venues for the Games, including Osprey Quay on Portland to allow the quick transfer of data.
Many believe the area could secure a significant economic legacy if homes and businesses were able to use those links after 2012.
Research shows that the main users of the internet are general consumers (50 per cent), followed by the public sector (30 per cent) and businesses (20 per cent).
BT has a pretty good idea of consumer demand – but the future need from businesses and public services has yet to be demonstrated.
Now Dorset County Council has launched an online survey asking local businesses to show that there is demand for high-speed internet.
Businesses gave the high speed internet campaign the thumbs-up at a seminar in October.
Dorset County Council director of environment, Miles Butler, said: “Potentially, getting more of Dorset hooked up to high-speed broadband presents one of the big opportunities of the 2012 Games.
“The benefit would be shared across Dorset, including rural areas that don’t currently have good web access.”
Mr Butler added: “The support of businesses is crucial in providing a strong business case for Dorset’s potential online demand to influence BT and other communication providers to further invest in our digital infrastructure. I would encourage Dorset’s business community to help make this a reality by taking a few minutes to complete the connectivity survey.”
The survey only takes a few minutes to complete and the closing date for responses is Sunday, January 31.
Complete the Hi-Speed Digital Dorset Connectivity Survey by visiting dorsetforyou.com /broadband or teamdorset.org.uk
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MOre on this today -- 1st Jan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/8420554.stm
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