The UK is gradually climbing the broadband world rankings but according to a global study, we are not yet “ready for tomorrow”.Cisco has commissioned this year’s annual report into the world’s broadband capabilities. It’s a study that looks at countries performance in terms of both quality and penetration of net services. The UK is now ranked 18th out of 72 countries, up from 25th place last year, with South Korea once again ranked first.
The applications ascribed to tomorrow's internet include high definition internet TV and high-quality video communications; because such applications would require an average download speed of 11Mbps and an upload speed of 5Mbps.
Whilst the UK has improved significantly in the last two years, we are still not prepared for what is ahead.
Mr de Bernabe, a Senior Director at Cisco, said the UK was likely to experience a "step-change" in its broadband footprint over the next 12 months, because of increased fibre optic roll-outs from BT and extensions of Virgin Media's cable network.
"Where similar fibre roll-outs have happened the download speeds improved by 50 or 60% in just one year," he said.
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