[Telecentres] Telecentre definition.

Gáspár Mátyás gaspar.matyas at axelero.hu
Mon Oct 4 14:09:14 BST 2004


Dear All

Let's also my comments

What is a community telecentre?

(1) Telecentres all have communications equipment - YES, but not only
(computer, copyier, etc. epending on the basic services, e.g. education,
telework)
(2) Community, even when people don't physically socialize in the
Telecentre
itself, is at the core - YES, not only on client side, but also as
owner, supervisor 
(3) The information, or, the Knowledge (Sensible Communication and
Information) is the reason Telecentres exist - NO, but local content
development, maintenance becomes more and more important part of network
services, local business activities generated by the telecentre
(4) Telecentres in the context of the WGIG relate to internet access,
but are not limited to Internet Access - YES (see my earlier comments,
what is good for telecentres)
(5) Capabilities of Telecentres can be positively and negatively
affected by
proper and improper internet governance (respectively) - evidence, (see
also my earlier comments, what is good for telecentres)
(6) Domain names - irrelevant
(7) Access to content; languages, licensing, Standards being conformed
to -
telecentres should be supported in different ways by national and
international services (education, quality assurance, best practices,
information, cosultation, access to low price hardware and woftware,
services, business incubation support, etc.).

Don Camerons' comments - to his NO-s - fits also to Hungarian situation.

Matyas Gaspar




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