Broadband available to 96% of UK homes

Broadband available to 96% of UK homes

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

There are currently 96 per cent of households with access to the high-speed internet and more than six million subscribers.

The UK now has the most extensive broadband market in the G7 group of nations.

The figures were revealed at a special E-Commerce conference in London's Docklands yesterday.

Following publication of new broadband indicators, the E-Commerce Minister said: "We said we wanted the UK to be the best place in the world for e-business and, with broadband now available to 96% of households and more than 6 million people already subscribing, this is fast becoming a reality."

Broadband access figures have been compiled since 2001 when the government set the UK a target of topping the league by 2005.

Extensiveness index rank order

G7 rank Q3
2004

G7 rank Q1
2004

G7 rank Q3
2003

G7 rank Q3
2001

UK

1

3

3=

5

Canada

2

2

1=

3

Japan

3

1

1=

1

US

4

4

3=

4

Germany

5

5

5

2

France

6

7

7

7

Italy

7

6

6

6

Over 480 Government and business delegates from around the world are at the E- Commerce conference discussing ways of closer co-operation and addressing the main challenges facing industry and Government - paperless trading, eLogistics, tackling spam, eHealth and eLearning.

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