Broadband 'has created' new technologies

The growth of broadband has prompted the development of a number of web technologies that would not have been possible without high-speed internet access.
That´s according to the Internet Services Providers´ Association (ISPA), which said that broadband connectivity has allowed more people to access innovative technology.

"In the days of dial-up in the UK, we had lots of technologies that were possible, but not over a 56K connection," a spokesperson for the group said.

"Broadband has made these web technologies [possible] - such as streaming media, such as telephone over the internet, such as not only downloading movies and music but also consuming movies and music."

Recent figures from the Office of National Statistics revealed that in September of this year, 88.4 per cent of internet connections in the UK were broadband.

The ISPA spokesperson added that in future, a high-speed broadband connection "will become an absolute necessity".
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