Thursday, 15 October 2009

Agriculture’s new electronic bandwagon

Agriculture’s new electronic bandwagon: "A new bandwagon is being loaded up by a familiar cohort of rent-seekers – this time on behalf of the rural communities without access to broadband internet. Climbing aboard after an initial rousing by the Prince of Wales are the Commission on Rural Communities, the Telegraph newspaper and other worthies from the shires."

Ouch! But good points are made about doing it yourself instead of waiting for the Government to do it for you and then being in hock to them for ever. I know I did this many years ago when there wasn't any local call Internet Access in Wiltshire - committees of the great and good were debating how to provide this endlessly. A friend with technological knowledge and maxing out my credit card meant I could start a company up and provide it within weeks of deciding to do so. The company was sold for £600,000 eight months later....

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