[LINK] Wireless Broadband for Regional Australia

[Jan Whitaker]

At 11:02 PM 26/12/2013, Janet Hawtin wrote:

>Perhaps that is the next big thing.
>Kid-built rotundas in the parks for the "digitally homeless" generation(s)
>trying to access the best line of sight on the exchange.
>It is a joke but not in the funny way.

The next "old" thing -- I believe they were (are?) called Internet 
Cafes. Do they exist any more?

I'm not disagreeing with your overall point, Janet, about lack of 
vision/will to build for the future. But we still need communal 
places like this for people who can't afford equipment and 
connection. Our library stations are pretty much always full when I 
walk in. That's why it's also sad to find so few pay phones today as 
well. Not everyone can afford a phone, either. But society is moving 
on average toward ubiquitous connectivity and the expectation is that 
everyone has some sort of device to connect with as well as know how 
to use it. Otherwise forget about finding a job or applying for work 
or about anything to do with interacting with government services -- 
it's all on a website now, isn't it?

Cheers,
Jan


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
jwhit at janwhitaker.com

Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how 
do you fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space.
~Margaret Atwood, writer

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