The IT industry has a big problem. While pundits predict an explosion in wired homes - 30 million, or 20 per cent of all European homes will be networked by 2005, according to analyst Datamonitor - consumers are still blissfully happy in their old-fashioned homes.
Steve Thompson paid £580,000 for his hi-tech home. It's fitted with high-speed Category 5e cabling and is ISDN-ready. Builder Laing Homes also offers networked closed-circuit television, multiple p...
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