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Internet Shrank The World
- The internet evolved from slow dial-up to fibre optics and broadband, shrinking physical barriers between people.
- The show frames this change with the phrase the global village to describe closer connections.
Early Browser Trivia
- The hosts pose a trivia question about the first internet browser to engage listeners.
- They reveal the browser was called the World Wide Web, invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
Kate's Dodgy Dorset Connection
- Kate, a BBC radio listener in Dorset, describes her connection as spasmodic and blighted by old underground cabling.
- She calls the network dodgy and says much of the cabling needs replacing.