Consumer usage of broadband in British households

International Journal of Services and Standards

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 400-416

  Dwivedi, Yogesh Kumar ^a   Choudrie, Jyoti ^b   Brinkman, Willem Paul ^a,c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics (EACE)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British consumers; Broadband; Discriminate analysis; Narrowband; Online services; Standards; Usage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744768914     PISSN: 17408849     EISSN: 17408857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSS.2006.010472     Document Type: Article

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