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Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:35
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Broadband seems to have struck the right chord with us as it not only surpasses dial-up but emerges as the most sought after service for internet connectivity across the nation.
Establishing the above fact, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) stated that broadband comprised of as much as 50.7% of total internet connections in the country, with reduced prices and increased awareness and advertisement about the service contributing immensely towards its popularity.
However, this is the first ever time that people have been conspicuously dispensing dial-up connections and opting for broadband instead. In fact, during the past year, broadband connections have expanded magnificently by a huge 80%. Interestingly, when ONS commenced recording net data in January 2001, broadband was found to account for a meagre 1%. It goes without saying here that dial-up connections are conspicuously waning in the country and have been going downhill since the past three years.
Furthermore, with high speed net access becoming a necessity today, broadband has entered most homes and offices as internet service providers can be seen providing advanced services to their clients, offering them fast net speeds of 1Mbps (megabits per second) and 2Mbps without charging anything extra. What’s more, even super-fast (8Mbps) services have hit the market recently and are gaining ground.
According to Jupiter Research, about 80% of houses in Europe will be using broadband by 2010, with a majority of that number most probable to be found in Britain. Analyst at Jupiter, Ian Fogg believes that people who have not yet switched over to broadband and are adhering to their dial-up connections are only too lethargic to execute the changeover, with some even feeling that their internet usage is too less to be worth the effort involved.
Fogg, however, said lucidly that dial-up had been left with a short life and these were its “twilight years”.
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