Intel sees a bright future for Wimax, a wireless technology that can plug the gaps left by other broadband systems.

A mobile chip which combines a modem and processor could make phones cheaper and more powerful.

Direct dial telephone calls from Ireland to 13 other countries are to be blocked because of an internet fraud.

Potentially millions of home computers could unwittingly be helping the scourge of spam to spread.

While more people are switching to broadband, many still rely on dial-up modems to go online.

The Holy Grail for web users is an internet connection where pages load almost instantly. For those beyond the reach of standard broadband services, do satellite packages deliver what's promised on the tin?

There is no such thing as a free lunch and sometimes it is worth paying for good technology argues Bill Thompson.

BT's ad campaign promoting broadband has angered those in the UK who would like high speed net access but cannot get it.

Broadband can change the way we use the internet, but it needs to made available to all, argues technology consultant Bill Thompson.

Power surges are catching out Britain's growing population of web users.

Getting a broadband connection in the UK is equal parts pleasure and pain.

Is an internet broadband connection from BT the fast route to high-speed surfing or to a catalogue of delay and frustration?

Wiring up your home to share a broadband net link is a task fraught with peril and pleasure.

For a reporter who often works from home, accessing the internet at office speeds thanks to ADSL sounds too good to be true. Was it?

If you thought that love was in the air, think again. These days it is more likely to be come via a modem.

Going online via a broadband connection in the UK looks set to get easier and cheaper in 2002.

House by house, the dream of UK homes with broadband internet connections is becoming a reality. Here BBC News Online's Giles Wilson reports on how it reached him. Add your own tales too.

Typical web users spend a third of their time sleeping, a third watching files download, and a third waiting to have their fast link to the internet installed.

The UK handheld computer maker says this year's earnings will be 'well below' market expectations.

Web experts are warning that a broadband link to the internet may not mean that surfing speeds are always better.