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Post by ru on Jan 22, 2007 9:57:59 GMT 2
[glow=red,2,300][/glow] I think the use of the internet in Zim really needs to come alive. It sort of is taking shape but taking rather long for it to sink in people's minds just how powerful the internet can be and is. Fine, we have companies with websites and all but have people actually grasped the depths of what else can be done over the net other than just the basics of having a website?? In fact, some companies in this day and age don't even have a website. Or is it cash issues??! I know as humans we seem to hesitate to go all the way with or embrace "new" ideas (though the internet's not new at all!!) I think we should go for it and try it out! In business there are some risks that are worth taking and not giving up. I mean this is how we now have cellphones and all, something which was once thought of as impossible and a ridiculous idea when it was being initiated in the early, mid 90s. This is how we have the great inventions that we use these days. We should actually be trading(just as an example) via the internet, selling and buying stuff from one another, I mean serious business, and you'll find that with time you might not even need to have a 8am-5pm job coz you'll be making all the cash from the net. How do you like that? Or is it because our economy's not stable at the moment? I tell you the internet's powerful!!
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Post by Annex on Jan 22, 2007 11:08:57 GMT 2
There r so many factors that do affect the rate of adoption of the net in Zim. At the moment internet connectivity is being taken as being something prestigious, somethinf that should be avalable to the top echelons of society. In some companies it is policy that net connectivity should be for managers only. I dont know wat others think.
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Post by admin on Jan 22, 2007 12:24:46 GMT 2
i think the major problem at the moment is the infrastracture and bandwidth cost associated in internet use. in order for more people in society to access internet...the general cost of installation must come down first.
in North America for example...companies nolonger charge for infrastructural use but bandwidth and services like thats why they can afford to share infrastracture...to the great benefit of the consumer...
companies in zimbabwe still view internet a luxury especially for employees...though thinks are changing.
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Post by dhara on Jan 22, 2007 13:14:47 GMT 2
i think the major problem we have in Zim is that this net thing is relatively far off from e main stream zimbos so its a bit of the in thing for others whilst others think its errelevant so i believ it has to come alive for sure. look at how poor our emarketing is mainly bocoz few pple have access to the net so it gotta come alive. unless and until we go through a paradigm shift with respect tour perseption about IT this net issue shall always remain a dreaded path to follow
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Post by dhara on Jan 22, 2007 13:16:54 GMT 2
i think the major problem we have in Zim is that this net thing is relatively far off from e main stream zimbos so its a bit of the in thing for others whilst others think its errelevant so i believ it has to come alive for sure. look at how poor our emarketing is mainly bocoz few pple have access to the net so it gotta come alive. unless and until we go through a paradigm shift with respect tour perseption about IT this net issue shall always remain a dreaded path to follow
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Post by ru on Jan 22, 2007 15:49:21 GMT 2
Hey guys,
There's a poll above, please do make your votes. So far they're only 2 votes for I agree
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Post by baruch on Jan 22, 2007 22:02:29 GMT 2
well i think we are on the ryt direction the President his excellency Robert ***** gave Computers to schools what we need now is train more Coimputer Teachers and make it mandatory for kids to basic Computer knowledge even from an early age and thus building the next Computer generation so that the internet really comes alive
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Post by zirox on Jan 23, 2007 8:06:40 GMT 2
i think that way it will take us longer i.e donating PCs alone. There is need to also make available internet at the same time with the PC donations to shorten the learning/adaption curve. I think government could give tax relief to companies that we see these days laying fibre optic cables (for internet etc ) so that they can create a country wide nerve of internet connectivity beyond urban areas.
that way it would help speed up internet access and ehance development.
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Post by Annex on Jan 23, 2007 13:01:50 GMT 2
And also concientise the people and businesses of the possibilities of the internet
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Post by mistermagicx on Jan 27, 2007 17:17:03 GMT 2
Zimbabweans have yet to discover the potential of the internet because as we speak people have a jinx about the internet and regard it as a service only available to the interllects and preveledged people. Unfortunately, schools and universties are at a great disadvantage as there is a well of valuable and helpful information on the web. Zim definitely needs to turn it up another notch with respect to internet use. In some contries u don't even have to get out of ur house to do shopping. Unotenga pa net and the stuff is delivered to ur door. Ana TM and OK should start being innovative and realise oppotunity! Viva zimtxt.co.zw
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Post by dhara on Jan 31, 2007 11:36:36 GMT 2
the general status quo also affects the general interest people tend to proritise other thing at the expense of Internet usage
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Post by zirox on Jan 31, 2007 15:36:05 GMT 2
the general status quo also affects the general interest people tend to proritise other thing at the expense of Internet usage thats right...i guess things are tight so much that priorities are continually revised by many. So internet constantly fails to make it to the top until the economy improves.
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Post by baruch on Feb 8, 2007 21:22:46 GMT 2
i also think we should re-introduce the wireless internet facility where even if you are down in Mberengwa you can access the Internet without a phone line that way people can be taught anywhere in the Country how to log on & surf the Net that way its faster to teach people once there are computers there & not wait 4 a phone line that way the Internet really comes alive & even faster
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Post by vsp4 on Mar 22, 2007 17:49:20 GMT 2
internet issues have always been a harrowing experience ???as it involves the learning of new things.In Zim we tend to see things in terms of relevance to existence so if it's not pulling the dollars then to hell with it . For others its about being with the in crowd you know the guy who tries the fit in theory but always sticks out.Now thats the description of most of us Zimboz when it comes to the net.What do you think.
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Post by txtaddict on Mar 27, 2007 10:31:13 GMT 2
cost of the service is too much and other options have to be implemented to cement the growth of this technology
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