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7 July 2002
Filed under:Broadband content at11:32 pm

It has been suggested that the UK government needs to fund broadband content to get people to take it up. The e-Minister, Stephen Timms, said,

“For many, speed alone is not enough to justify upgrading to broadband. People need to be able to do more than play games and swap music files to convince them of the benefits of broadband.”

I am not so sure – while there is evidence that people enjoy the occaisional streaming video clip, research (like this recent US study) seems to suggest that most people get plenty of value out of broadband just by getting ordinary pages quickly without having to dial up or tie up a phone line to access them.payday 2000 loansloan payday 37 26 cashloan mortgage uk 2ndloans 401k faqloan credit bad 5 payday5 payday 20,7 loan cash online11 8 cash loan payday advancepayday fax cash loan advance noloan affiliate program15 10 loan black payday