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Broadband makes a difference! |
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Written by Ken DiPietro
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Tuesday, 26 April 2005 |
 For many of us hard core users of the Internet it comes as no shock
that having a reliable, high-speed Internet connection can improve the
quality of life. Many of us use our connectivity to stream music, watch
video content that is unavailable in the mainstream media, learn,
research and communicate with people from all over the world – all
things we probably could not afford to do (if they were even possible to accomplish) using “traditional” methods.
Finally,
we have a report that clearly shows the interdependence of this service
to an enriched lifestyle. Released yesterday (April 19, 2005) at
Yahoo!'s "It's a Broadband Life"
summit held at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York this
report highlights how consumers are using their connectivity to improve
the quality of the lives. I thought this article did an excellent job of highlighting the topic and I highly recommend it for anyone looking for more information on this study.
From streaming music across the Internet (instead of using a radio) to
reading their news online (Google news anyone?) right through the soon
to be ubiquitous availability of IPTV, things are changing and changing
quickly. We no longer wait for the top of the hour to catch the news or
weather, the information is available anytime we want it. Instead of
watching television news, waiting for the one story I am interested is
seeing, I can zero in on exactly what I want, when I want it. I can see
videos, still pictures or just read the text – my choice – no graphic
imagery if I choose not to view it, unlike the TV news networks that
seem to fight over how much gore they can slam down our throats in an
attempt to grab ratings.
Even better, I don't have to listen to the carefully scripted slant of
the story. I can choose to read several sites, browse the pictures, and
discuss the issues with my peers instead of having the content
“spoonfed” to me – try that with FoxNews!
At any given moment I
have a complete library of almost anything I could want to know, any
subject is available to me at a moment's notice, cataloged for me in
any one of two dozen ways and probably available at the level I need –
from beginner to expert – it's all there, all the time just for the
asking.
This holds true for shopping, all kinds of shopping
lined up in order by price, availability and with a way of comparing
consumer opinions if I want them. I can click, order and have any
number of products shipped right to my door without ever having to
drive anywhere. No crowds, no problems parking and never the issue of
having to deal with the weather – something that in the middle of the
winter, here in northern Vermont is a blessing.
If you're
reading this, you probably had already figured this all out by now for
yourself but now there is a study that confirms what you already knew. |
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