Broadband Britain
In Britain, the most common broadband speed available is up to 8Mbit/s. Broadband has been around now for quite a few years now. So why do we still advertise broadband with a comparison to dial-up?
For example, 8Mbit/s can be promoted as up to 160 times faster than dial-up! Broadband is available to 99.6% of the UK while dial-up is perhaps only found in the most rural parts. It is already safe to say that dial-up is a thing of the past.
Ofcom has recently voiced concerns over the state of our broadband situation and have called on the telecoms industry to spend billions of pounds to help Britain catch up with the likes of France, Germany and the US who have already started investing big to catch up with the top countries like Japan and South Korea.
There are also suggestions that the Government should help in what could cost Britain around 25bn to build its own fibre optic network.
The current copper wiring infrastructure is definitely feeling the strain and new technology being cut short of its full potential.
Fibre optic cables are currently being installed into 9,500 homes in the Thames Valley by BT, but to expect them to continue this trend with the rest of the 30 million phones in the UK might be too much to ask, for now.
Many countries can now say they offer broadband over 10 times faster than Britains. So perhaps we should stop advertising broadband as several times faster than dial-up and start coming up with a solution to get something that is several times faster than our current broadband.
If you are interested in taking advantage of current broadband internet technology then you should compare many broadband providers available in your area.
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