The Nielsen/NetRatings figures are in line with research released last week by analyst firm Point Topic, which revealed that the United Kingdom doesn't even figure in the top 20 countries worldwide when it comes to high-speed DSL Net connections. Of the 26 million connections around the world, the United Kingdom has around 300,000. However, according to figures from U.K. regulators known as the Office of Telecommunications, at the end of June, 709,000 people and small businesses were signed up for broadband connections--up 113 percent from 332 users at the beginning of the year.

Silicon.com's Graham Hayday reported from London, Despite efforts to increase broadband users in the United Kingdom, only 9 percent of households there have a high-speed connection to the Web, Only 9 percent of U.K, households have a high-speed connection to the Net, compared to 39 percent in Germany and 33 percent in Sweden, Even France, which has a far lower overall level of Net penetration, has a higher percentage of households using broadband, "This time last year 5 percent of British surfers were using a high-speed Internet connection," Tom Ewing, Internet chocolate lab floral dog head cute labrador retriever must have pure breed dog gifts iphone case analyst at Nielsen/NetRatings, said in a statement..

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