WHAT IT MEANS
Broadband means access to a wider range of business application and rich
media websites (sites with animation, sound and video).
• In the workplace broadband means lower cost and higher productivity. Email messages, for example, can be delivered and received in real time right throughout the day, instead of just once or twice.
Large documents of software upgrades can be downloaded with ease.
• In education, the Broadband for Schools initiative will bring multi-media resources into classrooms and will expose pupils to a wealth of educational opportunities. It will also allow them to become proficient in the use of email, web browsers and the search engines that are now essential tools in today’s workplace.
• In healthcare it means opportunities for telemedicine with the promise of remote diagnosis and the electronic transmission of results such as x-rays.
• For home users broadband is nothing less than a gateway to a new digital lifestyle, and to a world of online information and entertainment.