The connected culture unconnected

摘要

If you have been following Gearhead recently you know of the trials and tribulations that have been experienced here at Gibbs Towers with our DSL connection. For the eight days we were offline we lived in a strange retro world where getting e-mail was again a chore, where looking up anything was no longer simple and easy Even Mrs. Gibbs, who is proud to be disinterested in things digital, found that being offline was extremely inconvenient. The bottom line is we need high-speed communications services. By "we" I mean our culture, and by "need" I mean that the social and business benefits of broadband communications that will make us competitive globally.