While there are many new and interesting uses for broadband, one which is catching the eye of many in the UK is the Sling Media Slingbox range of TV transmitters. These revolutionary devices allow you to connect your home TV to a broadband service and, using a Slingbox, give you total control of your home TV via your laptop anywhere in the world!
Whether you are next door, in the same country or overseas, all you need to do is log onto your laptop and you have full access and full control of all of your TV channels back home. The service also allows you full control over DVD, video and audio equipment which is connected to the Internet via broadband. This is proving very popular amongst business people and those who spend much of their time overseas, as well as general UK consumers looking for something a little different for those long car journeys, etc.
While 99% of broadband users are happy just to access the Internet via their broadband connection there is a growing array of new and exciting services which are coming online and pushing technology further and further forward. Ultimately broadband will bring much more to the marketplace as technology is developed, markets open up and consumers become more trusting of the Internet superhighway.