Britain is lagging behind Europe in broadband technology.
    The UK lags behind other European countries, such as Sweden, Norway
and Slovenia, in the number of households with access to high-speed
fibre-to-the-home broadband internet services
    Countries such as Sweden, Norway, Andorra and Slovenia lead the way
with more than 10 per cent of all connections being fibre broadband -
the fastest type of broadband with average speeds at around 100MbpS
(megabits per second).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6174401/Britain-is-lagging-behind-Europe-in-broadband-technology.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/mma4o5

-- 
DB.

DB. wrote:
>     Britain is lagging behind Europe in broadband technology.
>     The UK lags behind other European countries, such as Sweden, Norway
> and Slovenia, 

Those major powerhouses of European manufacturing, engineering and 
culture...

>     Countries such as Sweden, Norway, Andorra and Slovenia 

Andorrans too? What, all 200 of them?

If you're going to post this sort of stuff, at least try comparing the 
UK to other countries in Europe with populations of 60M.

"DB."  wrote in message 
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>    Britain is lagging behind Europe in broadband technology.
>    The UK lags behind other European countries, such as Sweden, Norway
> and Slovenia, in the number of households with access to high-speed
> fibre-to-the-home broadband internet services
>    Countries such as Sweden, Norway, Andorra and Slovenia lead the way
> with more than 10 per cent of all connections being fibre broadband -
> the fastest type of broadband with average speeds at around 100MbpS
> (megabits per second).

Megabits per siemens perhaps ;-)

-- 
Graham.

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"Mark McIntyre"  wrote in message 
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> DB. wrote:
>>     Britain is lagging behind Europe in broadband technology.
>>     The UK lags behind other European countries, such as Sweden, Norway
>> and Slovenia,
>
> Those major powerhouses of European manufacturing, engineering and 
> culture...
>
>>     Countries such as Sweden, Norway, Andorra and Slovenia
>
> Andorrans too? What, all 200 of them?
>
> If you're going to post this sort of stuff, at least try comparing the UK 
> to other countries in Europe with populations of 60M.
>
>
France then, which has recently announced a program to fibre the country

Steve Terry

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:51:00 +0100, Steve Terry wrote:
>
> "Mark McIntyre"  wrote in message 
> news:HBVqm.764925$4p1.269542@en-nntp-03.dc1.easynews.com...
>> DB. wrote:
>>>     Britain is lagging behind Europe in broadband technology.
>>>     The UK lags behind other European countries, such as Sweden, Norway
>>> and Slovenia,
>>
>> Those major powerhouses of European manufacturing, engineering and 
>> culture...
>>
>>>     Countries such as Sweden, Norway, Andorra and Slovenia
>>
>> Andorrans too? What, all 200 of them?
>>
>> If you're going to post this sort of stuff, at least try comparing the UK 
>> to other countries in Europe with populations of 60M.
>>
>>
> France then, which has recently announced a program to fibre the country
>
Talk is cheap - come back when every property in France has fibre
If you want a counter-example, try rural Spain (A G-20 country) where
huge tracts of the countryside cannot even get a  landline phone.

Steve Terry wrote:
>>
>> If you're going to post this sort of stuff, at least try comparing the UK 
>> to other countries in Europe with populations of 60M.
>>
>>
> France then, which has recently announced a program to fibre the country

As has at least one of Britain's major telecomms players.
And does Britain currently lag behind France?

"Mark McIntyre"  wrote in message 
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> Steve Terry wrote:
>>>
>>> If you're going to post this sort of stuff, at least try comparing the 
>>> UK to other countries in Europe with populations of 60M.
>>>
>>>
>> France then, which has recently announced a program to fibre the country
>
> As has at least one of Britain's major telecomms players.
> And does Britain currently lag behind France?

Dunno but France Telecom historically seems to act on a national basis when 
it comes to introducing new innovations, not just the big cities as we tend 
to do.
I can recall a holiday many, many years ago in a small village in the 
Auvergne, where the local payphones had been converted to super-duper 
push-button versions, long before anything like that arrived in the UK.

George

George Weston wrote:

> Dunno but France Telecom historically seems to act on a national basis when 
> it comes to introducing new innovations, not just the big cities as we tend 
> to do.

IME that's not true. Neither of the two last places I stayed in France, 
one in a fairly rural location, the other in a beachside resort, had 
broadband.

> I can recall a holiday many, many years ago in a small village in the 
> Auvergne, where the local payphones had been converted to super-duper 
> push-button versions, long before anything like that arrived in the UK.

And France had Minicom when the rest of the world was still using flags 
and morse code!

Steve Terry wrote:
> 
> France then, which has recently announced a program to 
> fibre the country

Using bran?
That should get the country going again.


Best regards,
Peter.