BBC Blog Network

User Profile

agsteele

Listed below are comments made by agsteele between Wednesday, 8th July 2009 and Friday, 11th September 2009.

«Newer
Older»

Africa gets connected 10:38am on 11 Sep 2009 Well, currently being in northern Tanzania, with broadband that crawls at 48k and is off about half the time due to power cuts, there seems to be a more pressing issue with power in the continent just now. Having a sparkly fibre-optic cable is great but if you have no electricity half-time that seems to be a far more significant challenge for East and Southern Africa.

Andrew
Stephen Fry on copyright 10:00am on 13 Jul 2009 Since I didn't hear Stephen Fry's speech, it would be wrong to comment on Rory Cellan-Jones' reporting of Fry's speech. But there has to be a way to ensure that the authors and producers get a fair payment for their work. I'm reasonably content with paying around 80p for a downloaded music track although I suppose 50p per track would seem a fairer price.

But we all have to contribute to the cost of the music/films we enjoy and the packaging costs are only a tiny fraction of the final cost of, say, a CD. So the remainder has to be covered some other way.

A dilemma that has to be resolved.
Can O2 cope with smartphone traffic? 4:02pm on 08 Jul 2009 As a current user of both 3 and O2 I can say that without a doubt, 3 has the better 3G coverage in the UK. But O2 provides a more consistent and reliable coverage for traditional phone calls including international roaming.

«Newer
Older»

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites