The UK is 25th out of 66 countries measured for the quality of their broadband networks, according to a survey by Cisco, the networking equipment supplier. The survey looked at download speeds, upload speeds and the delay when information is routed around the Internet (latency). There were four categories of results and the UK appeared in 'Meeting needs for today'. Countries like South Korea and Japan and some northern and eastern European countries led the way by being in 'Ready for tomorrow'. Many other leading European economies and the US were in 'Comfortable for Today'. The final category, below the UK's, was 'Below needs for today'. South Korea and Japan have made commitments to superfast speeds of up to 1Gbps (gigabit per second) by 2012. Cisco expects the UK to be okay for the future because of upgrades in networks following the Digital Britain report. For more on the Digital Britain report, click here: http://www.upload-it.com/editArticle.aspx?ID=3352.
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