Broadwhat? I can't understand you
UK businesses can't figure out high-speed Net's jumble of jargon
John Borland Staff Writer, CNET News.com
John Borland
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The Register reports that businesses in the UK are broadly baffled by the mess of acronyms and specialized terminology used to advertise high-speed Internet services. The result is that many businesses aren't getting what they need.
I'm shocked. The technology world is usually a model of linguistic clarity. Like ISDN, DSL, utility computing, CDMA, 2.5G. Who needs Finnegan's Wake?