Case studies that tell the broadband story as it is. Sometimes it's all too easy to let the spiel pass over you... after all, it's knocked up by men in braces with pony tails called Nigel isn't it? That's why, at Emidlands, we decided that the best way to get the benefits of broadband across was to put the emphasis onto you and people like you... we know that once you've tried the technology on the road show truck you'll not look back. But what about over the long term? The marketing men never tell you about what goes wrong when you've had the kit for a few weeks and the road show has long rolled on by that point. But we had a thought... why not give the technology away to a bunch of volunteers and get them to report back? So we did. The Emidlands Broadband for All free trial is being held in conjunction with The Leicester Mercury, Nottingham Evening Post, Lincolnshire Echo, Derby Evening Telegraph and Mansfield Recorder. In total twenty eight free broadband connections have been given away to a combination of business and residential consumers for a period of six months. The 28 volunteers featured on this page will have the opportunity to experience first hand, the power of broadband... meet them, read their impressions and see what they're doing with the technology. Articles Leicester Mercury, May 4, 2004 Full Speed for Broadband Six Leicester volunteers receive their broadband connections Nottingham Evening Post, May 10, 2004 Ready for Net Project Evening Post's eight volunteers gear up for high speed internet Lincolnshire Echo, May 5, 2004 High Speed Surfing Echo readers take a byte at the real information superhighway Derby Evening Telegraph, May 11, 2004 A Happy Band Derby Evening Telegraph trial comes online Leicester Mercury (Business Pages), July 6, 2004 Broadening their Horizons The Great Broadband Experiment reports back for the first time Derby Evening Telegraph, July 5, 2004 Broadband bunch so happy with nippy net Introductory scheme proves popular with six Lincolnshire Echo, June 26, 2004 Speed is of the essence Six volunteers over the moon Nottingham Evening Post, July 19, 2004 Always on... always fast Post readers' net gains with Broadband Lincolnshire Echo, August 24, 2004 Buzzing on speed Broadband speed injects more fun into their lives Derby Evening Telegraph, August 30, 2004 Volunteers try out speedier connection Broadband bowls over web testers Leicester Mercury, August 31, 2004 Caught in the web... But happy to be netted Nottingham Evening Post, September 10, 2004 Our computer testers are storming ahead... Broadband's the Business Leicester Mercury, August 3, 2004 Reaping Rewards Nippy internet users continue to test broadband	Home benefits Business benefits Case studies Newspaper articles
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