Knut Boehnert

Nottingham

Business Systems Analyst

Statistics?
With regards to correlation between bandwidth and increased productivity the problem to see the correlation now is a data set that is at best ill defined and incomplete.
Out of this data anyone can predict anything now. Simply because we don't have real evidence of a correlation - just a good gut feeling.

So the question is: Do we wait till the evidence is there?

Imagine Columbus was delayed till he had proof that nothing would have stopped him discovering India along the west route?

In my opinion that is the point where we are now. Prepare the infrastructure (speak bandwidth) and allow all sorts of services and industries to use it - and at this point there is no guarantee or evidence that it will be there. Or wait till we know - at which point all the waiting might mean that the chance is lost to discover a brand new continent of opportunities.