{"id":152255,"date":"2020-04-29T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ict-pulse.com\/?p=152255"},"modified":"2020-04-29T05:58:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T10:58:53","slug":"ictp-103-broadband-deficiencies-covid-19-working-home-post-covid-19-community-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2020\/04\/ictp-103-broadband-deficiencies-covid-19-working-home-post-covid-19-community-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"ICTP 103:  Broadband deficiencies during COVID-19 and working from home post COVID-19 Community Chat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>In this Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Alice Bain and Naphtale Nunes, the panel discusses: the deficiencies of our broadband Infrastructure and other technology related issues in the region; and thereafter, to what extent should Caribbean businesses, especially small and medium enterprises, continue to embrace or promote working from home post COVID-19?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/809471488&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"ICT Pulse Podcast\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-673719274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ICT Pulse Podcast<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"ICTP 103: Broadband deficiencies during COVID-19 and working from home post COVID-19 Community Chat\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-673719274\/ictp-103-broadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ICTP 103: Broadband deficiencies during COVID-19 and working from home post COVID-19 Community Chat<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>This episode is also available in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast\/id1373550291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/playmusic.app.goo.gl\/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;apn=com.google.android.music&amp;link=https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Icau5acn2xiyl5yjuh7orl2mt54?t%3DICT_Pulse_Podcast%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Play Music<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/ict-pulse-podcast?refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stitcher<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to giving members of our ICT\/tech community a platform upon which to discuss ICT-related issues of interest to them and pertinent to the Caribbean region, to some degree, our monthly Community Chat also gives us an opportunity to gauge what might be top of mind in the regional tech space.\u00a0 This month, COVID-19, also known as the novel coronavirus, seems to be still dominating our thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>In March, we started a conversation on COVID-19 and technology, because at that time, many Caribbean countries and countries worldwide, were introducing measures, such social distancing, work from home, school closures, and even country-wide lockdowns, in order to lower the rate of infection. As a result, individuals and organisations were beginning to rely more on ICT, and of course, there would be implications, which March the Community Chat sought to explore.<\/p>\n<p>For April 2019, we are continuing the discussion of COVID-19 and technology, but first, let us meet our guest panellists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>This month\u2019s guest panellists and the topics for discussion<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_152257\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152257\" data-attachment-id=\"152257\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2020\/04\/ictp-103-broadband-deficiencies-covid-19-working-home-post-covid-19-community-chat\/alice-bain-a-bain\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Alice-Bain-A-Bain.jpeg?fit=599%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"599,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alice Bain (A Bain)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Alice Bain &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Alice-Bain-A-Bain.jpeg?fit=281%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Alice-Bain-A-Bain.jpeg?fit=599%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-152257 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Alice-Bain-A-Bain-281x300.jpeg?resize=281%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Alice-Bain-A-Bain.jpeg?resize=281%2C300&amp;ssl=1 281w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Alice-Bain-A-Bain.jpeg?w=599&amp;ssl=1 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-152257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alice Bain<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Originally from Grenada, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alice-bain-b51a8310\/\">Alice Bain<\/a><\/strong>, is a Project Coordinator for a programme under the Sint Maarten National Recovery Program Bureau. Alice is ICT professional with over 20 years\u2019 of progressive experience in the industry. She has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, a Masters in Business Administration in international Business, and she also holds several ICT-related certifications. Most recently, she was the Project Coordinator of the Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Programme in Grenada.<\/p>\n<p>In being based in Sint Maarten, Alice is experiencing first-hand the challenges of broadband connectivity as she tries to stay in touch with her family in Grenada, and even during the recording of this episode, some of the challenges were evident. Alice was thus eager for us to discuss <strong><em>the deficiencies of our broadband Infrastructure and other technology related issues in the region<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152271\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152271\" data-attachment-id=\"152271\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/2020\/04\/ictp-103-broadband-deficiencies-covid-19-working-home-post-covid-19-community-chat\/naphtale-nunes-n-nunes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Naphtale-Nunes-N-Nunes.jpg?fit=512%2C583&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"512,583\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Rhian Campbell&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1398936153&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Naphtale Nunes (N Nunes)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Naphtale Nunes&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Naphtale-Nunes-N-Nunes.jpg?fit=263%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Naphtale-Nunes-N-Nunes.jpg?fit=512%2C583&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-152271\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fgd.dfv.mybluehost.me\/.website_c81a1e61\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Naphtale-Nunes-N-Nunes.jpg?resize=281%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Naphtale-Nunes-N-Nunes.jpg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Naphtale-Nunes-N-Nunes.jpg?resize=263%2C300&amp;ssl=1 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-152271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naphtale Nunes<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/naphtale-nunes-95017368\/\">Naphtale Nunes<\/a> <\/strong>is a Jamaican national residing in the Cayman Islands, and has over twenty years of experience in Information Technology across a variety of industries, including but not limited to insurance, hospitality, and retail. Currently, he is the Senior Application Support Specialist, at Dart Enterprises, where his primary duties involve working closely with business units in the acquisition, implementation, and support of business applications. In addition to working full-time, he is pursuing a Master\u2019s degree in Information Technology.<\/p>\n<p>Due to COVID-19, many of us have been forced to work from home, and to some degree, we might not have much time to prepare. As a result, and generally, stop-gap arrangements have been put in place, with the expectation being that we would soon be able to return to the status quo (of working at offices away from home).\u00a0 However, Naphtale is asking, <strong><em>To what extent should Caribbean businesses, especially small and medium enterprises, continue to embrace or promote working from home post COVID-19?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p>Do leave us a comment either here beneath this article, or on our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ICTPulse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ict-pulse-consulting-limited\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong> pages, or via Twitter, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICTPulse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ICTPulse<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Select links<\/h3>\n<p>Below are links to some of the organisations and resources that either were mentioned during the episode, or otherwise, might be useful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alice-bain-b51a8310\/\">Alice Bain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/naphtale-nunes-95017368\/\">Naphtale Nunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrpbsxm.org\/\">Sint Maarten National Recovery Program Bureau<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dart.ky\/\">Dart Enterprises<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credits:\u00a0 \u00a0fernando zhiminaicela(<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pixabay<\/a>); A Bain, N Nunes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Music credit:\u00a0 Ray Holman<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Community Chat, and with members of the Caribbean tech community, Alice Bain and Naphtale Nunes, the panel discusses: the deficiencies of our broadband Infrastructure and other technology related [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[355],"tags":[291,311,71,333,48,359,58],"class_list":["post-152255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-broadband","tag-broadband-speed","tag-businesses","tag-fixed-broadband","tag-infrastructure","tag-panel-discussion","tag-teleworking","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Covid-19-Coronavirus-Virus-Infection-Disease-House-Window-Man-Person-fernando-zhiminaicela-Pixabay-.jpg?fit=1024%2C639&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2iE1G-DBJ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152255"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152288,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152255\/revisions\/152288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ict-pulse.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}