John
10-01-2009, 04:19 PM
The research carried out jointly by Oxford University's Said Business School and Spain's University of Oviedo's Department of Applied Economics, for networking giant Cisco, corralled countries into four groups: ready for tomorrow; comfortable for today; meeting needs for today; and below needs for today.
The UK fell into the third tier, but the report said the UK infrastructure will improve markedly if the country follows through with projected optical fibre rollouts and cable upgrades.
Furthermore, UK download speeds are up 39 per cent on average, compared to last year, and upload speeds have increased by 37 per cent.
However, network latency has increased by 8 per cent. Latency is critical when real time applications such as video conferencing and IP telephony are used.
The study used speed test data from within each country to benchmark broadband performance and found that the average global download speed was 4.7Mbit/s, while the upload rate was around a third at 1.3Mbit/s.
The UK fell into the third tier, but the report said the UK infrastructure will improve markedly if the country follows through with projected optical fibre rollouts and cable upgrades.
Furthermore, UK download speeds are up 39 per cent on average, compared to last year, and upload speeds have increased by 37 per cent.
However, network latency has increased by 8 per cent. Latency is critical when real time applications such as video conferencing and IP telephony are used.
The study used speed test data from within each country to benchmark broadband performance and found that the average global download speed was 4.7Mbit/s, while the upload rate was around a third at 1.3Mbit/s.