Broadband for narrow minds
BT has now rolled out broadband access - via ADSL - to some half a million customers, according to a press release from the company. And Tony Blair is clear that Broadband Britain is high up on the New Labour agenda.

But just what are people using broadband for? How good are services designed for broadband? And how does broadband access define the kind of activity users wish to conduct. What will a generalised increase in broadband access mean for individuals, for society and for the economy? While there's plenty of policy and money going into supplying the former, few researchers in the public sector looking at the why's and how's of broadband are getting funding for their efforts.