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Story: Broadband Britain's milestones shattered
Posted by: David Dundas (Tuesday 1 June 2004, 12:28 PM)
There may be widespread coverage of Broadband in the UK, but you need to look at the quality of it. There is a serious lack of bandwidth in many places, with the service from some suppliers often slowing to well below steam modem speeds. Also in the UK most subsribers have ADSL with those wanting DSL having to pay a much higher price, whereas DSL is a much lower cost in the rest of Europe. At present total service interruptions are common with the excuse of upgrading. The present UK broadband scene is "maximising the bums on seats" without measuring the quality
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Story: Broadband Britain's milestones shattered
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I am one of the 10% who still cannot get broadband... Adrian Ward -
I live in Featherstone near the city of Wolverhamp... Mike Garner
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I can only hope the upcoming Milton Keynes trial t... Phil Sefton
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THE TRUE FIGURE IS NOT 90%
If the cable from the e... David Glover
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BT 6km range is a myth.
I live about 3km from my e... Mike Wilson
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There may be widespread coverage of Broadband in t... David Dundas -
IMHO I think BT must be short for Butt which is wh... Anonymous
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I live in Shareshill, which is about a mile up the... Chris Walker
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I like the headline facts but what's the detail?... Robert Young
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Satellite broadband is available as an alternative... Tristan Simmons
