The embedded video player is available to BBC News users who have a broadband connection.
The benefits of a broadband connection are now acknowledged, and politicians worry about extending access to the have-nots.
Outside Cushendall, many people have a slow or intermittent broadband connection but some people can't get it all.
At launch, streaming shows via Virgin TV Anywhere will only be possible with a wi-fi or broadband connection.
It comes as regulator Ofcom reveals that less than 1% of UK homes have a super-fast broadband connection.
An unprotected computer on a broadband connection can be breached and infected with viruses or spyware within minutes.
Market research firm Forrester Research says that by 2003, 20 million people will have some kind of broadband connection.
Even with a broadband connection and a sophisticated file-sharing schema like BitTorrent, illegally downloading and swapping movies is far more difficult than trading songs.
Although 59% of households in Wales have a personal computer, only 49% have internet access, and of that number, 54% use a broadband connection.
The Central African Republic is the most expensive place to get a fixed broadband connection, costing nearly 40 times the average monthly income there.
Trial participants will be able to watch the programs on their personal computers or laptops -- at home or away -- using any broadband connection.
Super-fast broadband connection is considered to be at least 24 megabits.
The phone service will only be available to AOL members, who will need to plug a telephone adapter into an existing broadband connection to make calls.
But families with children aged seven to 14 will be able to apply for a grant to buy a computer and broadband connection from an approved stockist.
To do this, the mobile phone does not need any special hardware and there is no need for a broadband connection or even a Wi- Fi connection.
The new Verizon wireless connection available via USB modem will connect to the Iris Smart Hub, eliminating the need for homeowners to have a wired broadband connection.
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If you're traveling with a laptop and will have ready access to a broadband connection, you can bypass these technical issues and simply make calls over the Internet.
In the summer of 2002 the team lead a DTI-sponsored mission to South Korea to see why 60% of the population there has a broadband connection at home.
The online game service is going after Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft by streaming video games over a broadband connection to players directly, bypassing the need for game console hardware.
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By intelligently managing a home's broadband connection, Qualcomm StreamBoost gives each device and each application the bandwidth it needs to ensure the best possible experiences in the connected home.
It required a broadband connection so that Microsoft could add features like universal voice chat, more downloadable games and extras, and the ability to buy and listen to music.
We were, however, pretty disappointed the system's lack broadband connection detection, as the video clips offered were extremely small, extremely poor quality, and rather short (read: wonderful for dialup users only).
Having a broadband connection does make a difference, yes.
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Earlier this year it launched a network adapter for its PlayStation 2 gaming system that lets customers play against each other over the Internet using either a dial-up modem or a broadband connection.
Anything more than a casual gaming device built into a TV currently is unfeasible, but with faster SoC processing and faster broadband connection, Xbox could be an installation on hardware-compatible devices rather than a discrete device.
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At Ockham, we think the business of helping wireless carriers manage their networks more efficiently is a winner with the quick adoption of smartphones, tablet computers, eReaders, and also remote wireless broadband connection cards for computers.
Colum Courtney the managing director of Hybrid Mail Solutions, a new bulk mail service based in Lisnaskea, said his business has a great fibre optic broadband connection which allows it to be strategically placed on the border.
And then there is its crowning glory: a wireless broadband digital home entertainment system, installed by Abrocour with a digital kit of parts from Microsoft and Intel, among others, and a BT broadband connection in the broom cupboard.
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