But businesses need ISDN line or greater. To get those to rural areas less expensively you need a local Internet exchange. From next month they and others will link in one room managed by an honest broker, gaining instant transmission of information of any bulk. This will provide immediate advantages for companies who need to move huge amounts of data around, and at present are forced to route that traffic via London and elsewhere. However, over the coming months we will be announcing a series of initiatives for Scottish individuals and organisations of all types and sizes to benefit from the Internet and e-commerce.
Electronic commerce is the future of commerce.
We believe that we can put Scotland in the vanguard of this new industrial revolution. Today, the market is small and fragmented, and just as in the days when entrepreneurial Scots founded great trading centres such as Hong Kong, we believe that modern Scots entrepreneurs can found a great electronic trading centre - but this time right here in Scotland. Internet exchanges are where the convergence happens. If you don't have one you become a backwater. If you have it you can attract new businesses and grow your own.