Family life in the digital home — domestic telecommunications at the end of the 20th century

This paper describes results from the first stage of a long-term study of people’s use of ICT (information and communications technology) products and services in the domestic environment. It is part of BT’s ongoing commitment to understanding, modelling and meeting the needs of its residential customers. At one level the research has already generated significant knowledge that has led directly to commercial benefit; at a second it has...