Start with the basics - At Home

Broadband beginner

The stories on this website show how families and individuals have cut their phone bills, kept in touch with distant friends and relatives, discovered new entertainment channels and improved the way they learn, using their computers.

Accessing these benefits has required their computers to be linked to a broadband internet connection. It provides a much faster connection than dial-up, as well as permanent internet access, without which the new opportunities would not be possible.

In addition, broadband allows the phone to be used at the same time as a computer is connected to the internet.

If you feel you already know a little about this extra broadband functionality, please go straight to the next section.