Bigbro's foray into the scary world of blogging
With the wealth of information available on the internet, I find I'm using it more and more to learn about new things, to remind me about things I have failed to retain or indeed to discover those new subject areas that I should gain some understanding of.
Unfortunately (for me), more and more material is being presented in video format, particularly with the increasing ease with which one may create and upload something to YouTube and similar sites. This is good - with both visual and auditory stimulation information tends to be better retained. However, I am currently limited to 3G bandwidth (as in HSDPA from a mobile provider, not 3Gbit/s - which would be lovely ;-) ) and I'm finding that this pretty much precludes me from using video. It's no longer reasonable to have to wait 8 times the length of a video clip to download it.
Interestingly, given the Irish governments recent underwriting of 'broadband expansion' within the country through the medium of HSDPA coverage, their own website defines broadband as (from broadband.gov.ie):
"Broadband is an always-on Internet connection that gives you high-speed access and downloads for a flat rate monthly charge.
Everything works faster, from downloading emails and files (such as pictures & mp3's) or streaming movies and radio."
