95% Of UK Internet Connections Now Broadband

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95% Of UK Internet Connections Now Broadband

95% of UK internet connections are now broadband according to a new survey by the Office for National Statistics.

Broadband connections rose to 95.1 percent in December 2008, from 94.1 percent in September 2008 – with dial up connections dropping sharply as people continued to switch to broadband.

Interestingly though, there was a 0.3% drop in the overrall number of internet connections between September and December 2008, indicating that a minority actually cancelled their internet, as opposed to upgrading to broadband.

The new survey also revealed that more broadband connections were running at higher speeds. By December 2008, more than half of the UK’s broadband connections (59.6%) were running at over 2Mbps. In comparison to September 2008, this was an increase of just under 2% from 57.7%.

The number of broadband connections that were running lower than 2Mbps actually declined to 40.4 percent in December 2008.
Overall this new survey shows that broadband is more popular than ever with the market now close to saturation. Speeds are increasing and that is great news for the industry.

Finally, in these tough economic times, its worth remembering that changing broadband provider can save yourself a considerable amount of money.

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