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News Business News UK runs risk of falling behind on broadband speeds | UK runs risk of falling behind on broadband speeds |
| Friday, 30 November 2007 | |
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A summit between government ministers and industry leaders is to discuss how to prevent the UK from lagging behind its major economic competitors on broadband ultra-fast access speeds. Over half of homes in the UK now have broadband, but the fastest speeds currently average four megabits a second. In other countries, however, there are plans for systems that will offer speeds of up to 100 megabits a second. The government believes that the UK also needs such a fast network if businesses are to innovate and compete. A major part of the problem is that the country’s broadband access relies on copper telephone wires that are incapable of delivering ultra-fast speeds. The new generation networks require fibre in order to handle the huge increase in information that services such as internet video demand. The summit will enable the government and broadband suppliers to examine how the UK can go about establishing such a new, fast-speed network. Stephen Timms, the minister for competitiveness, said: “We need to be discussing how we can put this new network into place, because delay could be a barrier to the future success of our economy.” LeadSure offers a range of "always on broadband" Internet connectivity options. |
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