For some years I've wondered about the future of telecenters - which cost a fair amount of money to build and maintain - in the face of increasingly smaller and more mobile ICTs. It has therefore been interesting to read about experience with and emphasis on telecenters as community centers. Apparently an evolution from the original focus on the technology?
Another question comes to mind and that is the fate of "mobile telecenters" as an idea and practice. I have not noticed mention of this on this list. Is the idea one that never proved practical or that some are actually using? It would seem that a mobile telecenter has some advantages - for instance in rural areas where it could run the circuit of weekly markets or something - but ultimately can't out-mobile mobile ICTs and can't serve as well as a community center. Add to that road quality, vehicle maintenance and security issues, and perhaps mobile telecenters are simply impractical? Don Osborn Bisharat.net Quoting Joel Galgana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [Re: Basic Telecentre Items/ICT Definition Mon, 4 Oct 2004 04:35:57 +0100 (BST)] ... > > A more pragmatic approach, and one that is currently > being recognized as workable, is the use of mobile > communications technologies. We now have a term - > "M-government" (mobile) for the use of SMS > technologies for interaction between the citizenry and > government. > ... _______________________________________________ telecentres mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/telecentres To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
