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9 out of 10 use broadband
Posted by: eusty on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 09:08 AM
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Nearly nine out of ten internet connections in the UK are now made via broadband according to the latest
survey from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Broadband actually accounted for 88.4 per cent of all internet connections in
September 2007, up from 86.2 per cent in June this year. Dial-up connections
accounted for just 11.6 percent of the total. The total number of connections
also rose 1.5 per cent between June and September, but all is not rosy.
As we have
previously reported the actual speed of connections is somewhat different to
those advertised, with 49.2 per cent having an actual advertised speed of more
than 2Mbps. It's a piuty that the ONS didn't report the actual speed, but rather
reported.
| "The speed advertised for each subscription may not be the speed
attained by the end user, as attained speed of connection is affected by
issues such as distance from the local exchange and line quality," |
| ONS |
Which is stating the obvious!!
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