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[PSUs]| Wednesday 1st June 2005 |
UK broadband connections overtake dial-ups
12:38PM, Wednesday 1st June 2005
The number of broadband connections in the UK has exceeded dial-up usage for the first time.
BT figures show that there are now more than 7.4 million broadband users, with two million using cable and 5.4 on DSL.
'I know people's memories are short but I don't think that anybody three years ago had even the faintest hope this would happen, said BT CEO Ben Verwaayen. 'I remember when I came into BT it was not in anyone's imagination.'
The new figures also show that BT's share of the retail market continues to fall. Around 31 per cent of DSL users buy direct from BT, a figure that was over 50 per cent not too long ago.
Broadband is now available to 99.6 per cent of UK homes, the same proportion that has running water, Verwaayen noted.
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