Business ISP Star UK, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to businesses, has conducted some analysis of what we can expect to see from average download and upload speeds on new fibre optic broadband connections. Apparently 21Mbps (Megabits per second) will be about average for downloading and 9Mbps for uploads.


Star was speaking in reaction to yesterday's Cisco System study (Cisco Study Ranks UK 18th in the World and Not Ready for Future Broadband Apps), which placed the UK in 18th position (up from 25th in 2009) and outside of those countries deemed to be prepared for the internet "applications of tomorrow".

It would have been nice to see some more detail on precisely how Star reached its conclusion and which fibre optic technology they were referring too; there are a number of different types (e.g. BT 40Mb FTTC and 110Mb FTTP). However many FTTH equipped countries with plenty of 100Mbps capable connectivity rarely reach above an average of 20Mbps, so 21Mbps is probably a fair bet.