Half of all UK households online, says Oftel
28 October 2003
Oftel has announced that half of all UK homes now have access to the Internet, with some 750,000 households having subscribed in the last three months alone.
The telecoms industry regulator also states that UK dial-up prices are among the lowest in Europe, and anticipates a surge in broadband subscription next year.
According to Oftel, in the region of one million customers are expected to upgrade from narrowband connections up to high-speed broadband lines over the next 12 months.
'Growth in Internet access, coupled with some of the lowest prices in Europe, is excellent news,' said Oftel's director general of telecommunications David Edmonds. 'Oftel's policy of creating competitive markets for Internet access continues to drive the growth in Internet access,' he added.
'Prices in the UK are cheaper for dial-up than all other countries covered in Oftel's benchmarking research, so it is not surprising that half of UK homes are now connected to the Internet.'
The research also found that 90 per cent of Internet subscribers are satisfied with overall services, a trend that Oftel hopes will continue.
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