Business leaders in the broadband sector are this week attempting to put in place a number of alternative arrangements to protect the UK broadband network should the swine flu epidemic force more and more people to work from home. If UK government forecasts are correct, we will see hundreds of thousands of new cases announced [...]

As worldwide governments continue to try and get to grips with the sudden outbreak of swine flu, which originated from Mexico, many people are thankful that the Internet is available today. While there is no doubt that the potential pandemic which could materialise has repercussions for many areas of the world, the Internet would appear [...]