broadband
Britons say broadband 'essential'
We can quibble over the precise numbers ("73% of those questioned," who was questioned?), but I think the article makes a useful point. The Internet is not something anyone in business can afford to ignore, or even to be half-hearted about. Whoever you think your market is, a significant portion of it is likely to be online. The follow-up is what are they doing and how can you engage with them?
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BBC Bandwidth Bandits
It's really helpful that a row has broken out between the BBC and Internet Service Providers over the new iPlayer service which lets people download and watch television programmes on their PCs. The network is already under severe strain due to the growing popularity of video-sharing sites such as YouTube and this brings the problem into sharp focus. While the BBC isn't causing that problem, they are exacerbating an already difficult situation.


