Infranstructure Planning
1. INTERNET ACCESS (a) It may be argued that the access to internet encourages people NOT to think.
The internet has provided us with instant access to vast amount of information, means to keep in touch with colleagues and friends almost constantly. However this has created a dependence on the internet which has its dark side.
The internet has change our way of thinking, scientific research suggests that the net is turning us into superficial thinkers. While reading something online, we are presented with a lot of distractions and interruptions, like hyperlinks and pop-up advertisements. People tend to copy and gather the data from the internet not bother to read and understand the contents. For example students having assignments to submit tend to go online and gather massive information put together and submit them without taking time to go through and understand the meanings.
People tend to comprehend less while doing online reading compared to printed pages reading. Moreover critical thinking, creativity decreases while doing things on the internet due to the mass of information at disposal. People tend to lose focus on their main task. Internet has made people to do more multitasking than concentrate on one task at a time. These leads to less productive work as doing to tasks simultaneously may result in errors. For example, you cannot talk to two individuals simultaneously.
Jake Vigdor and Helen Ladd are researchers at Duke University, North Carolina. In a study spanning five years and involving more than 100,000 children they discovered a correlation between declining test scores in both mathematics and reading and the spread of home computers and broadband.
(b) What are the parameters which define a minimum speed access to the internet? How much does it cost?
An initial transfer speed of 384 kbps was used as benchmark to define the minimum speed access to internet. However, countries differ in their definitions of broadband in
The internet has provided us with instant access to vast amount of information, means to keep in touch with colleagues and friends almost constantly. However this has created a dependence on the internet which has its dark side.
The internet has change our way of thinking, scientific research suggests that the net is turning us into superficial thinkers. While reading something online, we are presented with a lot of distractions and interruptions, like hyperlinks and pop-up advertisements. People tend to copy and gather the data from the internet not bother to read and understand the contents. For example students having assignments to submit tend to go online and gather massive information put together and submit them without taking time to go through and understand the meanings.
People tend to comprehend less while doing online reading compared to printed pages reading. Moreover critical thinking, creativity decreases while doing things on the internet due to the mass of information at disposal. People tend to lose focus on their main task. Internet has made people to do more multitasking than concentrate on one task at a time. These leads to less productive work as doing to tasks simultaneously may result in errors. For example, you cannot talk to two individuals simultaneously.
Jake Vigdor and Helen Ladd are researchers at Duke University, North Carolina. In a study spanning five years and involving more than 100,000 children they discovered a correlation between declining test scores in both mathematics and reading and the spread of home computers and broadband.
(b) What are the parameters which define a minimum speed access to the internet? How much does it cost?
An initial transfer speed of 384 kbps was used as benchmark to define the minimum speed access to internet. However, countries differ in their definitions of broadband in