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Map compares broadband quality in the UK

Map compares broadband quality in the UK

...This map shows percentages for broadband take-up around the UK. The only spot of green (not visible... Read more

7 July, 2011 by David Meyer

Scotland aims for five-fold speed boost by 2015

...to-the-cabinet (FTTC) technology. The plan also aims to have Scottish broadband take-up at or above the UK average by 2013, and "the... Read more

1 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Welsh broadband gets multimillion-pound boost

...improve provision for domestic and business users. Today's announcement will ensure broadband take-up and speed can be significantly improved, benefitting individuals and businesses... Read more

12 July, 2011

Ofcom: Data use rising, telecoms revenue falling

...regulator published its annual Communications Market Report (PDF), which found that UK broadband take-up grew by three percentage points between the first quarters of... Read more

19 August, 2010 by David Meyer

Superfast broadband: Brits still slow to sign up

...says Ofcom... The UK continues to lag behind on fixed-line superfast broadband take-up, according to telecoms watchdog Ofcom. Despite 25Mbps+ broadband services being... Read more

14 December, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Fibre broadband: Northern Ireland's quiet connectivity revolution

...broadband access of 512Kbps to get more citizens online. And by August broadband take-up in the region had leapt to 70 per cent, all... Read more

29 November, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Superfast broadband: Whitehall tells ISPs to crack the rural problem

...claimed the £6 per year tax on telephones lines would have discouraged broadband take-up. "It was the wrong way of putting public resource into... Read more

16 July, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Asia leads the way in broadband growth

...Forum Summit in London on Wednesday. As ZDNet UK reported last month, broadband take-up doubled in the UK in the six months of 2002... Read more

28 August, 2002 by Will Sturgeon

UK broadband take-up on the rise

...Ireland, Scotland and Wales is narrowing as more homes connect to broadband. Broadband take-up in homes in England reached 45 percent by the end... Read more

25 May, 2007 by Gemma Simpson

Broadband take-up doubles in six months

Broadband take-up in the UK has more than doubled since the start... Read more

12 July, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

Broadband take-up set to double

Over the next three years, the number of households with broadband is predicted to almost double across the UK Read more

10 October, 2006 by Gemma Simpson

Broadband take-up tipped to level out in two years

Marketing campaigns, lower prices and wider coverage mean that 60 percent of the UK will have broadband by 2008 Read more

25 November, 2005 by Karen Gomm

ADSL routs cable in broadband take-up battle

The days of BT being beaten in its own back yard appear to be well behind it - three in every four new broadband users are choosing services based on its ADSL network Read more

15 March, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Broadband take-up still booming

UK surfers love their fat pipes... Read more

20 December, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

Why is broadband take up poor? It's too expensive

Is it that simple? Read more

5 December, 2002 by Tony Hallett

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