By Graeme Wearden, 14 October 2002 15:40
NEWS The government should use the education sector to drive the rollout and take-up of broadband services, according to an influential member of the Broadband Stakeholders Group. Antony Walker, senior executive of information and communication technology at Intellect, believes the government should provide the funding to give high-speed internet connections to schools and colleges across the UK. Walker said: "If I was part of the government, I'd put most of my eggs in this basket. I'd put a lot of my resources into putting meaningful bandwidth, such as 8Mbps or 32Mbps connections, into schools and educational centres." The idea behind this call for broadband in schools is that children impressed with the services available via broadband connections would encourage parents to upgrade slow narrowband dial-up connections in the home. He added that the government should also put a lot of money into the creation of educational content that is specifically designed to make use of a broadband connection. Graeme Wearden writes for ZDNet.co.uk
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