Whatever the case, the future appears to have arrived early. Over half the UK adult population, some 22 million people, are now regular users of the Internet. But back in the dotcom era 4-5 years ago The Henley Centre, for example, predicted we would reach the 50% penetration mark only by 2007. With 3.2 million homes currently connected to broadband and BT taking 45,000 new orders a week, the forecasters