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UK Broadband ‘fails’ speed tests
By Jamie Clouting | August 2, 2007
A report out today by Which? Consumer Group reveals a massive gap between the speeds that are offered by the UK’s leading broadband providers and the actually speed reported by customers.
In the survey Which? tested 300 consumer lines and found that the average broadband speed was 2.7mbs, a far cry from the 8mbs advertised my many of the providers.
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has investigated several cases of misleading promotions, most recently asking one provider to make it clear in its adverts that speed was dependent on how far away from the exchange people lived.
A BT spokesman confirmed that 8Mbps would be a rarity for users.
"Virtually no-one will get it. The laws of physics start applying as soon as it leaves the exchange and you would have to live on top of the exchange to get the full 8 megabits"
he said.
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