Appendix C
Q20b - What is lacking in terms of technology in Vermont?
- back bone access for internet t3 lines
- better connections high speed t3
- isdn lines/high speed access
- lacking domain host providers that are sophisticated enough
- "T-1 at work; at home a dial up, not enough good conductivity; have to go to Lebanon or Hanover; VT somewhat backward"
- Education on the Internet of what it can or can not do
- "HIGH SPEED ACCESS, INFOSTRUCTURE, LOWER COST"
- "NEEDS OPTIONS, INTERNET ACCES OPTIONS, COULD SET UP TWO WAY CABLE MODEM"
- "HIGHER SPEED CONNECTIONS, BETTER INFOSTRUCTURE"
- "Phone lines slow, unreliability of electrical source"
- phone lines
- "Phone lines too slow, can't handle loasd efficiently."
- t1 and t3 lines in vermont need to be increased and made more available
- Intrest stucture ISDN-big prices
- Where to get info. Nothing internet related
- High speed local access
- Faster lines
- "POSSIBLE ONLINE VIDEO, DIRECT PROVIDER FOR TELEPHONE"
- SLOW PHONELINES
- SCRIPTING
- quality of infrastructure and lack of competition
- lack of appropriate infrastructure AND competition
- phone quality is poor
- "cable, internet services"
- digital switches from phone company
- no isdn connections those are needed line problems with 56 k modems
- "Infrastructure is lacking, more business is needed."
- Technical conncections to make faster deals
- Vt has no good technology service - no great phone lines
- want more ISDN lines - subsides T1 lines
- phone service is inadequate goes down a lot and cannot get a large enough line in
- cable direct lines
- improve the infostructure
- HIGH SPEED LARGE FAT INTERNET PIPES
- "web server in Boston, Fiber optics cable"
- "Internet Access, search engines, local access"
- "No adequate hosting services for things like e-commerce, had to go out-of-state"
- clean telephone lines
- bandwidth is slow
- no hosting companies
- cable coompanies offering access to Internet; have copper wire rather than
- knowledge of up to date technology
- "CONNECTIONS, PEOPLE LACK OF EXPERIENCE, NOT MANY QUALIFIED"
- HIGHER SPEED ACCESS
- higher speed phone lines/infrastructure
- choice of internet design services & hosting services
- "analog phonelines need to be digital, can't get 56K,"
- "BELL ATLANTIC customer service, quality,"
- "HIGHER SPEED IN WIDER AREAS, CHEAPER PHONE RATES"
- telephone lines backbone; rural lines static but not good enough for internet
- "faster connections, more reliable, more options, more services"
- more and better programmer
- education
- cost is high
- web hosting providers lacking
- payments to high
- over priced access poor
- subsudize modems
- avalibility asd lines cable modems not avalible
- not enough qualification
- limited by phone companys and mtns
- communications
- not a lot of broad band
- phone access
- cable modem conection price
- "adsl, rf signals, cooperation between independent/collect phone companies, competitive availability of equal services offered by the phone company"
- "band width, isdn, better access, faster"
- access to faster conection
- sufficient computer and browser
- experienced web hosts/reliable servers
- high speed access
- hosting service here isn't good/need higher speed access
- lack of high speed access
- lines are low speed access
- i need both efficient and inexpensive high speed access
- Too few businesses doing business on the web
- Better fiber-optics
- The data transmission system is not up to snuff compared to more urban areas
- quality of phone lines
- "difficulties in puttin g together a active web site program, waiting for standards to evole further"
- faster speed access
- anti business mentality of montpellier
- backbone/ any fast internet connections have to go through albany or boston
- wides spread t1 isd and cable modems
- t1 and t3 access
- the infrastructure around here in stowe is a little lacking in access to high speed lines
- not a variety of hosts and weak infrastructure more t1 and t3 lines
- LEVEL OF PROFFESSIONALISM
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN VERMONT LAGS BEHIMD REST OF COUNTRY
- GREATLY BEHIND THE TIMES
- couldn't find anything in phone book about internet website developers; have clearinghouse of names. Need to hear more about internet host sites-who are the players
- "more t1 lines laid, smaller buisnesses faster"
- modem speed infrastructure not fast enough cost too high
- inexpensive high speed internet connectoion
- need faster line
- not fast enough
- not enough hardware in vt
Q26a - If you could change one thing about conducting business on the Internet…..?
better for us if the installed base of browsers had higher speed access
not sure
to have a true standard in terms of the different softwares
standrads for web des
easiear access to technology
nothing stuf still evolving
i don't know
speed
ease of acceess of information and technology faster modem
speed.
i don't know
i don't know
nopthing
easier update
nothing
get rid E-mail spam
better screen who is browsing
dont know
dont know
dont know
If the browser would make it easier to pressent and achieve security in the eyes of the client
don't know
nothing
People sign and not have a clue to what they are doing.
N/A
Less e-mail from people who are not serious buyers
"transactions safer,"
PLATFORMS MORE STABLE
DONT KNOW
"INFOSTRUCTURE, HAVING TO USE A PHONE LINE"
GET RID OF PORN AND JUNK
FASTER ACCES AND DOWNLOAD
ITS TOO BUSY
GIVE MORE ACCESS TO MORE PEOPLE
ISP RELIABILITY
MORE INTERACTIVE
HAVE MORE UNIFIED STANDARDS
TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP
Utilize it as a better selling tool
quicker access
don't know
speed
more secure money transfer in cost-effective way
easier to change web site
don't know
more people getting online
don't know
do away with microsoft
more people have access
make purchasing one-button business
faster connection
faster
don't know
faster
better search engines
download times shortened
better search engines
make it easier
systems unreliable
More bandwidth for everyone
nothing
simpler to interact
matinance done automatically
paid for giving info out
stop browser war make all compatible
less servers down
do some
no junk mail
easier submission & recognition by search engines
Security of payments.
Would like to find a way to screen out inappropriate clients.
Make interactive databases available.
A means to regulate the key words that are used in search engines used to attract their target customers.
"Improve speed of access, better infrastructure."
we're too knew to say
nothing
"make it easier to access bid locations, find sites for gov. web sites"
some of my competitors who get around the search engine rules and end up being listed 50 times
figuring out how to prevent anonymous users on the internet
"That things were more uniform, so when designing a web site they all look the same on every computer.
No horse power in old computers"
Free
Amount that other web sites are charging
"Better national intrest, more high speed access"
Slow it down
Get better at it
Make it easier to update the internet
make it faster
"timeframe, education"
THE COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIAYED WITH VAROUS BROWSER NOT HAVING CAPABILITIES
I DONT KNOW
FASTER
DONT KNOW
IMPROVE THE EASE AF ACCESABILITY
ACCESS SPEED
speed of connection
"get rid of local meter service, likes flat rate."
higher speed access at lower cost
dont know
dont know
dont know
dont know
dont know
security
have a secure site for cash transaction
consumerawareness
increase budget
dont know
speed
directory
dont know
dont know
i don't know
lower the cost of fees
more computer literate
do more for busines on web site easier to update etc.
easing systems traffic
more interactive with the customer
know that its safe for credit card information leary of viruses
try to get into searching aspects more
refused
One commercial line for business
level the playing field - everybody having the same standards for browsing
add a shopping cart
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