UK broadband firms dramatically overstating speeds

27 July 2010, 4:26 am

Dan Worth, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 27 July 2010 at 12:23:00 Customers paying for 24Mbit/s DSL only getting a quarter of that speed in reality Internet service providers (ISPs) routinely overstate broadband speeds, and rarely provide anything near the advertised capabilities, according to new research by Ofcom. The UK Broadband Speeds May 2010 research (PDF), conducted in partnership with broadband ...... Read More »

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