Entertainment
High-quality entertainment is one of the fastest growing areas of the internet. Generally, if someone has looked at a movie or video on a dial-up connection, it's not an experience to be repeated. With broadband, however, the experience is improved dramatically. This is great for watching music videos and film clips, but works equally well for catching up on TV and radio programmes. There are also plenty of learning opportunities too.
Broadband provides entertainment and leisure opportunities not previously available in rural areas.
Music: People can watch live concerts on-line, with many sites broadcasting regular live web casts and interviews with celebrities. Many bands have their own websites where you can download their music or watch video-clips of their performances. It also makes downloading music to buy much more straightforward - all types of music are widely available and you can usually listen before you buy.
On-line gaming: It is becoming more and more popular. Whether that's gambling, playing online war-games, chess or many others. Broadband makes the whole experience so much better through speed, interactive 3D graphics equally well abs search tools to find your mates.
Radio: The internet provides access to hundreds of radio stations, worldwide. It also makes downloading music to buy much more straightforward - all types of music are widely available and you can usually listen before you buy.
As digital cameras become more common, broadband opens the door to sharing high-quality photos and prints with friends around the world (or the next street), or for sending to a printer to be developed onto paper.