Dear Dr Cottrell
I have come across an interesting plot attributed to you on page 1 of the attached article, showing growth in bandwidth to various
countries, particularly developing ones. Is there an updated version
of this plot you might be willing to let me have?
This is partly for my own interest, and partly because I will be speaking tomorrow at the annual Microsoft Research e-Science workshop on a project of mine (www.GlobalJetWatch.net) involving deploying
telescopes various countries separated in longitude. While the
project is research-driven, there is an important educational/outreach component with a web-learning site to help encourage children in developing countries to learn - and love - science, but could
potentially be hindered by lack of bandwidth to these countries. I
was tentatively wondering about very briefly making this point at this particular workshop, but obviously I would only do this if you were happy for me to, and I would of course fully attribute the plot to you.
Best wishes,
Katherine
Professor Katherine Blundell
Oxford University Astrophysics
Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, UK