UK ranked just 26th for broadband speeds
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- Jan 18, 2010
Britain is lagging behind the global competition when it comes to broadband speeds and penetration, according to a new survey.
With an average download speed of just 3.5 Mbps, Britain has been ranked 26th in the world by Akamai’s ‘The State of the Internet (Q3-2009)’ report. The research found that the UK’s average download speed was just 3.5 MB, above the global average of 1.7MB.
South Korea has the fastest broadband by a large margin, recording a 14.6 MB average speed, while Japan occupies the second spot with an average speed of 7.9MB.
Sweden took the top position in Europe with an average speed of 5.7 MB, with Ireland closely following behind on 5.3 MB.
The Digital Britain report aims to generate more money to fund the increased roll-out of faster broadband with a monthly 50 pence tax on fixed landlines.
This proposal will be included in the imminent Finance Bill.
The global average broadband speed has risen by 13% on the quarter, according to Akamai’s report, coming in at 1.7MB.
This was largely due to the fact that there are many countries with average connection speeds which are still less than 1MB.
The full report can be downloaded here: http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/
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