The UK has placed a pitiful 9th out of the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation's (ITIF) European league table for broadband speeds.

The results offered an average broadband speed of just 2.6Mbps for the UK, which compares with 21.7Mbps for no.1 success Finland:


Naturally both Sweden and Finland have established Fibre networks but that's not the only difference. In addition Finnish households can expect to pay roughly 50% less than we do for their broadband connections, which are also a lot faster to boot.

However the UK is likely to jump a couple of places next year when BT finally introduces its new ‘up to’ 24Mbps ADSL2+ technology, although it may take some time to find its footing and many may not experience a huge boost in speed.