An unofficial index of broadband speeds around the world has placed the UK in the 33rd position with average speeds only just above the global average. These figures were compiled by broadband metrics group Ookla and while they are unofficial they will not make good reading for the UK authorities and UK broadband users.
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A number of prominent broadband tests in the UK have confirmed the gradual increase in average broadband speeds continues. Indeed the average broadband speed in April reached a record 4.98 Mb per second which leaves the UK tantalizingly close to the 5 Mb per second barrier. But is this enough?
When you consider where the UK [...]

The Conservative Party has today hit back at the government, ridiculing its promise of a minimum 2 Mb per second broadband speed across the UK by 2012. The Conservative Party would appear to have taken the lead in broadband discussions promising delivery of a superfast broadband network by 2017 which would be capable of delivering [...]

In a disappointing development for the UK broadband market it has been revealed that with an average download speed of just 3.5 Mb per second the UK is now 26th in the world ranking report produced by Akamai. Even though this position is likely to change as and when the UK government and British Telecom [...]

Virgin Broadband today comes out on top in a survey which confirms that the average UK broadband speed increased by 22% in 2009. The average broadband speed in the UK now stands at 4.478 Mb per second as opposed to 3.67 Mb per second in December 2008. This is a significant increase and many believe [...]

With the Internet becoming more and more a part of everyday life around the world, 8 out of 10 homebuyers in UK believe that estate agents should advise people of the broadband speeds available in homes for sale. While few estate agents have even considered such a move up until now, it seems that it [...]

While every day seems to bring about a new top speed in the UK broadband sector, new broadband packages and developments in broadband technology there is a feeling that not everybody is benefiting at the same rate. The fact that the average UK broadband speed is but a fraction of the high-speeds being quoted in [...]

As the “Digital Britain” report continues to dominate the UK broadband sector headlines the government’s detailed plans for the future of UK broadband have hit something of a snag. The Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) has issued a report entitled “Mind the Gap – Digital England, a rural perspective” which has casts severe doubt on [...]

With news that more and more of the U.K.’s broadband providers are working on speeds in excess of 50 Mb per second there is speculation as to how high UK broadband speeds can go. While broadband speeds in the hundreds of megabits per second have been realised over very short distances it is a little [...]