[OT] Broadband in the UK

[Richard Gaskin]

For those of you developing 'Net apps with Rev, this story from The
Independent describes recent advances at British Telecom which now make
broadband available to 80% of UK homes:

<http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=441904>

>From the article:

  In February last year, when the targets were set, BT had
  just 145,000 subscribers. Mr Verwaayen says the company
  remains on course to get 5 million users by 2006.

What are the chances of similarly-scaled broadband expansions across
continental Europe?

-- 
 Richard Gaskin 
 Fourth World Media Corporation
 ___________________________________________________________
 Ambassador at FourthWorld.com       http://www.FourthWorld.com
 Tel: 323-225-3717                       AIM: FourthWorldInc