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UK broadband "notspots"

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NucleusKore
NucleusKore Original post #1
May 27, 2009 at 7:45 AM
They are crying that there are some areas that receive UNDER 2 Mbps broadband *s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj44/visio159/Unismilies/38large.png

Source: *news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8068676.stm

Around three million homes in the UK have broadband speeds of less than two megabits per second (2Mbps) according to research commissioned by the BBC.

The government has promised to provide all homes in the UK with speeds of at least 2Mbps by 2012.

The research revealed that so-called notspots are not limited to rural communities with many in suburban areas, and even streets in major towns.

The government has pledged a range of technologies to fill the gaps.

Read On..........
Faun
Faun #2
May 27, 2009 at 12:43 PM
256kbps here :/
MetalheadGautham
May 27, 2009 at 2:18 PM
If other mods weren't watching me I would delete this thread. Such things only help make my stomach ache :cry:
NucleusKore
May 27, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Adding insult to injury

Read this too
*news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8068598.stm