UK Broadband ADSL Still Falling Short
Posted: 10th Sep, 2003 By: MarkJ
The Broadband World Forum yesterday released the latest global ADSL statistics showing that, once again, the UK still falls behind its competition. On the chart for phone lines converted to xDSL the UK doesn't even make the top 20:
South Korea leads the way with almost 30 percent of its phone lines having been converted to DSL as of 30 June this year. No other country makes it over 20 percent, which is the DSL Forum's measure of mass-market status, but Japan, Germany, Canada, Italy and France all register in the top 20 alongside less powerful nations like Iceland and Estonia.
The United States and Russia, along with the UK, are the only G8 nations not to make the top 20. Twentieth place on the list went to the Netherlands, with 5.43 percent of its phone lines upgraded to DSL.
It's not all bad news for Britain, though. The DSL Forum's figures show that the number of UK households with DSL jumped by 94.1 percent during the first six months of 2003, second only to Israel.
Thankfully analyst group Point Topic believes that, provided BT can keep up the current pace, the UK should eventually break into the top 20. More @ ZDNet.
South Korea leads the way with almost 30 percent of its phone lines having been converted to DSL as of 30 June this year. No other country makes it over 20 percent, which is the DSL Forum's measure of mass-market status, but Japan, Germany, Canada, Italy and France all register in the top 20 alongside less powerful nations like Iceland and Estonia.
The United States and Russia, along with the UK, are the only G8 nations not to make the top 20. Twentieth place on the list went to the Netherlands, with 5.43 percent of its phone lines upgraded to DSL.
It's not all bad news for Britain, though. The DSL Forum's figures show that the number of UK households with DSL jumped by 94.1 percent during the first six months of 2003, second only to Israel.
Thankfully analyst group Point Topic believes that, provided BT can keep up the current pace, the UK should eventually break into the top 20. More @ ZDNet.
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