Cisco study ranks UK broadband a poor 25th
by Darren Allan
Research sponsored by Cisco has ranked the world’s broadband networks, with the UK performing poorly in 25th place.
According to the BBC, the research was based on 24 million speed tests performed in 66 countries. The ratings focused on both download and upload speeds, as well as latency, combined with broadband penetration to create an overall index of quality.
The study, conducted by Oxford University’s Said Business School and the University of Oviedo’s Department of Applied Economics, found that the average global download speed was 4.75Mbps.
Sitting atop the table was South Korea then Japan, whose super-fast broadband was already judged to be fit for future applications such as streaming High Definition video.
At 25th, the UK came behind Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia to name a few. In fact both Bulgaria and Latvia had “ready for tomorrow” rated networks.
It’s not all doom and gloom for Britain, however, as Cicso’s Communication Manager Joanne Hughes pointed out: “It can be a bit misleading to look at the rankings. The important thing is whether the broadband quality of a country is good enough for today’s needs and the UK falls well within this category.”
“We forecast the UK will improve because of things such as cable networks being upgraded and the Digital Britain report focusing on next generation access.”
We’ll still be lagging just a tad behind South Korea, mind, a country which is talking about having widespread 1Gbps by 2012. Yes – 1000Mbps. Makes you want to cry into your router…
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Cisco will recieve HUGE amounts of your cash via tax from the government if the government decides its going to spend it on updating broadband infrastructure on behalf of Cisco – sorry I mean the tax payer.
This is a propaganda story. Suckers.
Comment by RGriffiths — October 1, 2009 @ 10:16 am
Wow tell us something we didn’t know, broadband in the UK is abysmal, speeds are poor, support is poor, prices are high for what you get, this isnt news to us users and the ISP’s all know what theyre delivering they just dont care.
Comment by sparky — October 1, 2009 @ 10:29 am
that really has come to no surprise… my current internet connection is 2mbits/s, i think this is quite poor realistically, trying to ping google.co.uk i get a score around 400/500, most of the time there is no ping return, it is not satifactory, i sometimes struggle to even get the google webpage at times
Comment by SlvRBEAST — October 1, 2009 @ 11:00 am
The study proves that our copper network continues to deliver the broadband quality needed by businesses and consumers today. But while many countries in the study have failed in delivering broadband access to the majority of the population, the UK’s copper network is delivering good quality broadband to almost everyone that needs it. While affordable fibre is out of reach to many small businesses today, the report proves that ADSL, SDSL and bonded SDSL services still deliver a cost-effective solution to meet the needs of small businesses in the short to medium-term.
Comment by Chris Stening, MD, Easynet Connect — October 1, 2009 @ 5:07 pm