Lighthouse on the Web says: Broadband Internet is Dead
Not, author David Walker, hastens to add, the technology of Broadband--cable and DSL, etc.--but the idea that broadband capability will make the Internet into something different.

A Jupiter Media Metrix study found that what's popular with broadband users is same old boring email, instant messaging and Web browsing that dial-up users use - plus security programs to block outside infiltration of users' PCs through those always-on broadband connections.

Essentially, says, Walker, broadband Internet users like the Internet as it is. They just want to use it anytime and faster.