UK lagging in 25th place in global broadband stakes

South Korea is king of the fat pipes according to study of worldwide broadband quality

By silicon.com, 2 October 2009 11:56

NEWS

In a study of broadband quality and penetration across the world, the UK was ranked 25th out of 66 countries.

The figure was revealed as part of the Broadband Quality Score study, carried out by the Saïd Business School and the University of Oviedo on behalf of Cisco.

South Korea came top of pile while Sweden was named king of European broadband.

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South Korea came out on top in the Broadband Quality Score study
(Photo credit: jay.tong via Flickr under the following Creative Commons Licence)

For more on the worldwide broadband rankings, see ZDNet UK for the full story.

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  1. 1. CCL

    That is a pretty poor ranking for the UK...

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