Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Why I'm giving up broadband (07 Feb 2005) I can't say I'm missing flash or streaming video. And there's no doubt it's killed any p2p temptations I may have nurtured. And that's a good thing, right, vast corporate entertainment industry? I do confess, however, that I now carry a network cable around with me. Like some kind of petrol thief, at friends' houses I can be found hooking up my laptop for a quick broadband fix. I used to spend all day slaving away at my computer, watching the day ride past my window - only to come home and do the same in the evenings. But now I've distilled the useful and vital from the compulsive (and illegal), I am left with just two online activities: e-mail and web browsing. Isn't that what the internet is really for? Article URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4242751.stm Read 218 more articles from BBC News sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: [software specifications with vision]     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy