European Commission researchers are in the last year of the four-year project that ultimately aims to bring broadband to every European citizen.  See and hear how standards have already been put in place and what industry trends altered the course of the project.
Telecom Report - Broadband Revisited (11:02 min, Subtitled)

It lost its main industry ten years ago.  People and businesses started moving out, and Sweden’s Tranås dropped into an economic depression.  The way out was with broadband:  the city invested in broadband and lured businesses back.  But it’s not the technology, it’s all about the services they use that helps the economy stay balanced these days.

Getting fiber to the home can be a complicated and expensive matter.  In Tranås, city officials solved the problem by asking residents to dig on their own.  The collaboration resulted in neighborhood spirit that remains intact today, three years down the line.

Waiting for a bus that never arrives or visiting the Town Hall to pick up important documents will soon become a thing of the past in Trikala, Greece. Thanks to a city-wide broadband network, people can already log-on to their computers and use their PDAs, and will soon be able to turn to their TV screens to get all the public information they need.

TV is not new. Broadband is not new. But if you combine the two with a little box called TVBLOB, a new, exciting world awaits you, according to its creators.

Broadband is radically changing the way health professionals work in Sweden. What started as a way for county councils to keep their phone bills down has resulted in a national healthcare network of 100 hospitals and healthcare centers.