Broadband news archive
B4B News archive from November 2006
| UN backs HIE on broadband The UN has adopted HIE’s line that broadband should be regarded as a utility in the same light as electricity and water supplies. | |
| Progress check on broadband switching With ever greater rates of broadband adoption, a useful new feature has appeared on the BT broadband checker for those wishing to move their connection. | |
| Real live humans net sales Previously we have discussed live help on web sites – chat boxes users can initiate when they have a question about a product or service. But are these online tools just gimmicks that tie up valuable staff resources? Let’s find out… | |
| Router danger A potential fire hazard could be lurking on your desk and you may not even be aware of it. | |
| Life, but not as we know it I’m writing this from the beyond the grave. I am dead. I am an ex web site content writer…killed by neglect and incontinence. A plaster pelican marks my grave in the garden. And now my youngest daughter has been sent to military school. | |
| IE7 on the way… Look out soon for a larger than normal download via Windows Updates as Internet Explorer 7 is on its way to a PC near you. Unless you’re an early adopter and downloaded the beta version last month. | |
| Online tools for mobile working In a previous article, we looked at the hardware that can be used to gain greater freedom from our desks and allow mobile working out of the office. What we didn’t touch on were the online tools that could do away with the need to lug any expensive devices around with us at all. | |
| Free Wi-Fi is boosting sales Companies such as travel, tourism and hospitality providers offering free Wi-Fi hotspots to customers are generating significant extra sales and repeat business. | |