2009/5/19 Dennis Djenfer <[email protected]>: > > Let's think about a connection to internet for a minute. The medium, > protocol and bandwith used is purely technical things, but it still affects > our behaviour and the business models of Internet providers. > > When I had a internet connection with a bandwith of 9.6 kb/s I used it > mainly for browsing purely text based pages. Today, when I have a internet > connection with a speed of several Mb/s, I'm happy to read the newspaper on > internet or even watch a video. The computer is always connected to internet > with gives loads of new oppertunities compared to my old dial-up modem. Was > it an internal change to the IT-system? I would say so. Only the protocol > and the bandwith changed. The internal change of the IT-system changed my > behaviour in several ways and the Internet providers found new business > models enabled by the technology. > > The next big change was when I got a 3G connection to my laptop. Did it > change my behaviour? Absolutely! Now I have the possibility to take some > fridays off and take my family to the summer house, where I'm able to work > from a distance. Was it an internal change to the IT-system? I would say so. > Only the medium for transfering the data changed but it made a profound > change to my behavior and the business models used by Internet providers. > I agree that the Internet protocol and transmission speed changed you behavior, but the value you gained from the change came about when you changed the way you use the technology to do new things. If you just did the same thing within the same time period, you probably didn't obtain any value from the technology.
H.Ozawa
