[ILUG-Social] broadband interviews on RTE

[Thomas Bridge]

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At 12:38 27/03/2002 +0000, Kae Verens wrote:

>Thomas Bridge wrote:
>>I'm getting more and convinced that the solution to the broadband problem 
>>is to get a time machine, go back to 1919, and shoot all the leaders of 
>>the War of Independence, thereby ensuring we had BT as the incumbant 
>>telco in the 1990s and actually getting broadband in our lifetimes.
>
>If I voiced that opinion here (I live right on the ulster/leinster border) 
>I would get some very hostile replies...

I did of course have my tongue firmly in cheek - though I notice that a 
number of Dublin commentators have raised the question over the last few 
years of "were we really better off with independence"? (For the record, I 
am a nationalist in terms of Irish politics).

>According to some local talks (I have no official references), the 
>government apparently plans on making "broadband" (whatever definition is 
>current) widely available within five years. Apparently, also, a lot of 
>towns, major and minor, already have the cables laid.
>
>Not that I'm really knowledgeable about this (obvious), but wouldn't a 
>sudden surge in broadband availablity ruin a few Internet hosting 
>companies? ie: if people hosted from home, why pay for other people to do it?

Not really - proper, reliable hosting requires a number of things.   ADSL 
may have excellent download speeds, but the upload is only a fraction of 
that (and that's the speed that would count when running a server hosted at 
home).

Also proper Internet hosting has other features - including proper power 
management, temperature monitoring, raised floors, that you simple can't 
get in a reliable form at home.   Also, most Internet hosting companies are 
moving towards a wider range of services - including selling their staff's 
expertise, managed servers, etc and moving away from the simple model 
selling shelf space in a cabinet.

T.


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