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Broadband hits 43 per cent of UK net connections

Daniel Fleshbourne Administrator Neowin @dfleshbourne · Apr 20, 2005 14:22 EDT with -1 comments

The latest monthly update from National Statistics shows a modest 1.9 per cent increase in the number of active UK subscriptions to the internet in the 12 months to February 2005. The market share for broadband connections continued to increase in February, and currently accounts for 43 per cent of all connections. This compares with a market share of 23.6 per cent a year earlier. According to the government's official statistics agency, dial-up internet connections continued to decrease, with a year-on-year fall to February 2005 of 24 per cent. The latest monthly decrease, from January to February 2005, was 2.8 per cent.

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