[Air-l] Down to the Wire (Intern)

[richard-seyler.ling at telenor.com]

One effect that we have observed in the EU's e-lining project is that the mobile telephone facilitates an increase in what we call informal social capital, that is not social capital associated with participation in formal social groups, but rather the informal social interactions of everyday life.  We actually have a paper out on this.  We were not able to observe the same effects of this vis-à-vis the internet.  This work is being pursued in the SOCQUIT project (SOcial Capital, QUality of life and IT).  You can see some of the work in the ongoing project at:  http://www.eurescom.de/socquit/

Rich Ling
 

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From: 	air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces at listserv.aoir.org]  On Behalf Of Ellis Godard
Sent:	Tuesday, 03 May, 2005 09:00 AM
To:	andy at wairua.co.nz; air-l at listserv.aoir.org; ellis.godard at csun.edu
Subject:	RE: [Air-l] Down to the Wire

Interesting you say "down to...". Without the free install and free
modem (both standard for virtually any DSL service in the US, and has
been the case for years, if not from the start of the DSL explosion),
DSL probably wouldn't have taken off in the US as it did.

But, as you also implied, lowering cost is not sufficient to attract
folks. They need to see the value of speed itself, and what it gets
them.

-eg 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Williamson [mailto:andy at wairua.co.nz] 
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:52 PM
> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org; ellis.godard at csun.edu
> Subject: RE: [Air-l] Down to the Wire
> 
...
> 
> No, the 'problem' is us - the stupid user - we simply don't 
> see sufficient value in having a broadband connection. It 
> must be the warm summer we've had but the Emperor is parading 
> around unclad. And nothing the ISPs and TelCo's can do - even 
> down to free install and free adsl modem - is changing our 
> minds. The uptake remains very slow.

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