Posted: 21st Mar, 2003 By: MarkJ
Brunel University has setup a new broadband research centre with the goal of making such technologies as important to everyday life as water:
"Broadband Britain is crying out for intelligent research into how the technology can change our lives," said Dr Jyoti Choudrie, who will run the broadband research centre.
"At the moment, we're not doing ourselves any favours. There are critical lessons to be learned from studying how other societies are successfully sewing broadband into the fabric of everyday life," she added.
"This groundbreaking work is helping transform broadband into a critical utility, just like electricity or water," she added.It's a fascinating prospect and no doubt many people look forward to the day when broadband is as readily available as water. More @
BBC News Online.