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Fixed-line broadband 'will always be required'
Thursday 12th November 2009, by Daniel King
One expert has commented on how mobile technology is now allowing better access to broadband services, but will not impact the need for a fixed-line product.
A spokesman for broadband.co.uk, a company that was launched in 2004 to provide advice to people looking to get online or change providers, agreed that as more people were using handsets to access the web, the industry was at something of a "turning point".
Edd Dawson, editor of the independent information resource, explained that high-performance devices like the Apple iPhone 3G S had changed the way in which consumers looked at surfing on the move as the technology has come on leaps and bounds since the days when the experience used to be "pretty poor".
He explained that these kinds of developments were now much more in line with what modern consumers demand from mobile broadband and phone services, but added that it was unlikely that more traditional fixed-line options would be phased out any time soon.
Mr Dawson said cable web connections to the home would be just as important as the newer wireless facilities because schoolwork, essays and other home office applications still require "a full computer and a proper internet connection".
"[The phone] is just another device to connect with, so I dont see it as replacing [home] internet, I see it as complementary," the expert concluded.
According to a report published by the Nielsen Company this week, smartphone purchases in the UK were up ten per cent at the end of the third quarter of 2009 in comparison to the previous three-month period.
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