Discuss the effect of broadband technology on the design and development of multimedia applications.

Broadband, "an easy-to-install, always on internet connection giving a high speed access, of up to 40 times faster than a standard telephone line" (bt.com/broadband), is a fast emerging fibre optic technology with "at least 40,000 households and companies a week installing this connection" (Metro Newspaper) promising to change the way we all perceive and "surf" the World Wide Web. It is a high speed data transmission medium revolution that will soon add a whole host …

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