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30% of homes fail to hit Digital Britain broadband target
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Author:  pcernie [ Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:41 pm ]
Post subject:  30% of homes fail to hit Digital Britain broadband target
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/263791/30-o ... arget.html
Quote:
A spokesperson for the Department of Business said Ofcom's findings don't contradict Lord Carter's earlier figures, because the Government's 2Mbits/sec target is based on the "up to" headline speeds, rather than the actual average speed of the line.


I wondered how they'd make their way around the elephant in the room...
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 30% of homes fail to hit Digital Britain broadband target
“Up to...” The marketeer’s get out clause.

I checked my speed today:
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Which is the best it’s ever been, I think :-)
Author:  pcernie [ Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 30% of homes fail to hit Digital Britain broadband target
I hit 2mb 'on average' these days at home, 56.3 kbps 'on average' with mobile dongle and sometimes 3.6mb with it. Allegedly ;)
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