A text-based interface is easiest for reporters to use, so while texting is slow, it’s superior to a web service in the low-bandwidth environment of the Capitol.
This is disturbing to hear. How can our congress make the best decisions possible if it can't access and communicate relevant information quickly? The ROI to the United States of simply having a high-bandwidth network at this global powerspot is so obvious that I had just assumed it was the case—so to hear that reporters can't even use a web interface to quickly send images is frightening if true, and perhaps even indicative of a broader issue of our government's inability to effectively execute, partially rooted in its inability to empower itself with the tools necessary to effectively execute.
* Edited at burkaman's prompt to be less sensationalist
This is disturbing to hear. How can our congress make the best decisions possible if it can't access and communicate relevant information quickly? The ROI to the United States of simply having a high-bandwidth network at this global powerspot is so obvious that I had just assumed it was the case—so to hear that reporters can't even use a web interface to quickly send images is frightening if true, and perhaps even indicative of a broader issue of our government's inability to effectively execute, partially rooted in its inability to empower itself with the tools necessary to effectively execute.
* Edited at burkaman's prompt to be less sensationalist