Why is broadband in the UK so bad – do the CNET test – Soul Needs

Why is broadband in the UK so naff?

Cnet do a test on your computer HERE

Their table shows how bad things are in the UK – just look at all of the countries that have better services;

Results by country

Rank	Country	Attempts	Fastest	Slowest	Median	Average
1	Estonia	271	86,880kbps	233kbps	68,177kbps	55,769kbps
2	Japan	1,012	78,123kbps	108kbps	25,195kbps	29,076kbps
3	Korea, Republic of	172	94,097kbps	603kbps	24,121kbps	28,509kbps
4	Sweden	1,231	116,874kbps	63kbps	12,080kbps	15,519kbps
5	Denmark	233	125,865kbps	380kbps	9,716kbps	12,906kbps
6	Hong Kong	976	188,798kbps	45kbps	7,034kbps	12,313kbps
7	Finland	492	88,712kbps	33kbps	6,433kbps	10,025kbps
8	Switzerland	236	38,449kbps	173kbps	5,294kbps	9,792kbps
9	Romania	467	82,040kbps	92kbps	5,614kbps	9,039kbps
10	Norway	168	47,968kbps	132kbps	7,222kbps	8,480kbps
11	Czech Republic	85	134,486kbps	402kbps	4,445kbps	7,714kbps
12	Hungary	169	25,477kbps	176kbps	4,199kbps	7,606kbps
13	Belgium	242	30,426kbps	101kbps	6,566kbps	7,439kbps
14	Latvia	23	26,534kbps	126kbps	4,960kbps	7,119kbps
15	Bermuda	3	20,049kbps	489kbps	495kbps	7,011kbps
16	Germany	723	155,833kbps	23kbps	5,280kbps	6,956kbps
17	Portugal	1,028	113,716kbps	68kbps	6,196kbps	6,299kbps
18	Greece	1,755	69,792kbps	23kbps	5,576kbps	6,217kbps
19	Netherlands	613	148,002kbps	16kbps	4,531kbps	5,794kbps
20	United States	9,216	97,848kbps	2kbps	4,466kbps	5,289kbps
21	Austria	103	22,431kbps	172kbps	3,260kbps	5,177kbps
22	Slovenia	90	26,534kbps	84kbps	4,947kbps	5,116kbps
23	Europe	53	26,509kbps	110kbps	4,245kbps	5,060kbps
24	Macau	63	16,254kbps	248kbps	4,106kbps	5,056kbps
25	Canada	2,938	67,396kbps	19kbps	4,728kbps	4,967kbps
26	Taiwan	102	61,874kbps	37kbps	4,759kbps	4,932kbps
27	Luxembourg	61	23,867kbps	116kbps	4,631kbps	4,694kbps
28	Singapore	1,222	85,122kbps	24kbps	4,361kbps	4,603kbps
29	Australia	265,074	192,499kbps	1kbps	3,696kbps	4,581kbps
30	Bulgaria	123	187,595kbps	220kbps	3,544kbps	4,565kbps
31	France	483	51,852kbps	98kbps	4,112kbps	4,499kbps
32	United Kingdom	8,126	93,204kbps	9kbps	3,384kbps	4,077kbps

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