Broadband in Britain: How does it compare with narrowband?

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 89-98

  Gunter, Barrie ^a   Russell, Chris ^b   Withey, Richard ^c   Nicholas, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b eDigitalResearchcom   (United Kingdom)

^c Interactive Media   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broadband networks; Internet; Surveys; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INTERNET; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SURVEYS;

BRITAIN, UK; INFRASTRUCTURE; NARROWBAND NETWORKS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 2342565838     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530410529459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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