Any ideas on what to use my broadband for?

cyberstar

I just got broadband, but don’t know what I can use it for. Before I was using dialup for online shopping, ebay, forums, emails etc.. so there was no need for broadband use, but since dial up isn’t that much cheaper it was best to opt for broadband I thought. I understand its useful for downloading video and music. But I’m not actually that interested in watching movie trailers or spend hrs searching for free music I never heard of before. I I’m also not interested in playing internet flash games, although I might be if it involves in competing with someone online.

So I was wondering are there any interesting or fascinating sites out there that makes use of broadband technology that might interest me??

albertross_2

No .. it's the same old internet, much faster.


Things like this are much more useable..

http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/

MercilessKiller

If you have Sky TV and have the sports and movies package there is a new thing called "Sky By Broadband". This is where you can watch the movies currently showing the month on sky movie channels on your pc for free (legally) as well as watching all recent sports highlights.

It is completely free for sky users so check it out (sure google will bring a web page).

Also I would advise downloading Itunes and using the radio facility. It has lots of online radio channels that are streamed to your pc. Much faster and better quality with broadband and a bit different from your same old playlist.

Enjoy

bat999

Hi cyberstar

I don't know whether it's your cup of tea, but Google Earth is very impressive.
You can download it free from https://www.earth.google.com

mrs_baggins

I was going to join the sky broadband thing but apparently its a P-2_P thing and even if you later uninstall it theres a little programme (maybe Kontiki-but maybe not) that could still allow others to download stuff from your pc. Now i just wont touch it.

sra

cyberstar wrote:

I just got broadband, but don’t know what I can use it for. Before I was using dialup for online shopping, ebay, forums, emails etc.. so there was no need for broadband use, but since dial up isn’t that much cheaper it was best to opt for broadband I thought. I understand its useful for downloading video and music. But I’m not actually that interested in watching movie trailers or spend hrs searching for free music I never heard of before. I I’m also not interested in playing internet flash games, although I might be if it involves in competing with someone online.

So I was wondering are there any interesting or fascinating sites out there that makes use of broadband technology that might interest me??

You could start listening/watching podcasts (no Ipod required)

It's not all music, there's almost a podcast for every subject under the sun

There's even one where some bloke talks about moneysaving every week