§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of UK domestic broadband connections use services with downstream specifications in excess of 2Mbps. [157189]
§ Mr. TimmsThe proportion of UK domestic broadband connections using services with downstream specifications in excess of 2Mbps is not held by the Department.
Telecommunications operators have assured the Department they review regularly their range of broadband services to see whether they are meeting consumer demand for higher speed services. It is estimated by Analysys Consulting Ltd. that by end December 2003, mass-market asymmetric 4Mbps services were available to 11 per cent. of the UK population from exchanges where the local loop has been unbundled.