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**Hugh** · 15-05-2008, 17:22

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Originally Posted by Jonathan90

Hmm yes they used to but not no more course they will see that speed in a few years look at korea and swden everyone has 100 mbits lol and u know what funny lol chatting to a sweden guy ingame and i asked do you get 100mbits all the time he says no it averages about 95 mbits lol and heres us less than 1 mb in some areas and he was complaining .

some do - not all.

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Sweden
Average advertised speed of 21Mbps but according to speedtest.net, people are actually achieving an average of 7.4Mbps. In Sweden there is a VDSL network live. Fibre has been available for quite a long time with a significant number of people served by it. Speeds vary depending on which network, but can go up to 100Mbps, However there is a big polarisation between those that get it and those still relying on DSL products.

South Korea
South Korea's figure is 43Mbps. In South Korea there has also been a very strong fibre rollout, which has been enabled, at least in part, by state contributions. Often regarded as something of a gold standard when it comes to super-fast broadband, an amazing 90% of homes have a broadband connection of between 50 and 100Mbps. They also pay the lowest rates in the world. There are pilot services offering connections starting at 1,000Mbps. The big driver for fast broadband here is gaming and 43% of the population has a personal profile in the virtual world Cyworld, which recorded Ã‚Â£5m worth of trade per month last year. Those dawdling on slow UK connections can take heart from results from speedtest.net which show that some citizens are only achieving speeds of 3.6Mbps. This is because the extremely fast networks are concentrated in the towns and cities.