UK broadband is ranked 35th in the world

Thought someone may be interested in this. Remember the Government's promise of making us a broadband leader made about 10 years ago. And the telephone tax is supposed to be going on soon to pay for it.

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Broadband in United Kingdom average speed of just 7.85Mb was very poor indeed as we are ranked 35th in the world according to a speedtest.net report.

Download Speed

1 208,120 634,098 South Korea 34.14 Mb/s
2 342,689 3,416,571 Latvia 24.23 Mb/s
3 182,448 1,798,057 Republic of Moldova 21.97 Mb/s
4 460,251 1,727,962 Japan 20.58 Mb/s
5 654,945 2,296,756 Sweden 20.07 Mb/s
6 1,576 8,667 Aland Islands 19.63 Mb/s
7 1,739,467 12,301,312 Romania 18.80 Mb/s
8 623,894 5,229,296 Bulgaria 17.77 Mb/s
9 1,388,205 8,652,244 Netherlands 17.41 Mb/s
10 404,772 3,581,595 Lithuania 17.22 Mb/s
11 3,592 15,923 Andorra 16.24 Mb/s
12 1,415,161 7,183,003 Portugal 14.73 Mb/s
13 492,016 1,751,570 Switzerland 13.84 Mb/s
14 1,119,437 5,325,491 Finland 13.70 Mb/s
15 35,361 161,426 Iceland 13.61 Mb/s
16 2,627 10,935 Liechtenstein 13.57 Mb/s
17 4,094,843 10,950,601 Germany 13.24 Mb/s
18 492,818 2,420,872 Denmark 13.01 Mb/s
19 1,015,390 3,197,177 Belgium 11.86 Mb/s
20 2,245,017 7,577,620 France 11.56 Mb/s
21 351,664 3,081,970 Czech Republic 11.22 Mb/s
22 150,092 728,933 Estonia 11.20 Mb/s
23 1,706,474 15,922,430 Hungary 11.16 Mb/s
24 294,522 2,062,231 Slovakia 11.04 Mb/s
25 562,522 2,524,641 Norway 10.82 Mb/s
26 1,622,303 19,420,661 Ukraine 10.72 Mb/s
27 804,592 3,604,687 Austria 10.55 Mb/s
28 5,086,255 37,833,567 Russia 10.37 Mb/s
29 34,583,666 161,349,239 United States 10.12 Mb/s
30 673,068 3,873,696 Singapore 8.84 Mb/s
31 73,890 307,450 Luxembourg 8.68 Mb/s
32 354,719 2,049,695 Slovenia 8.24 Mb/s
33 4,994,590 26,328,473 Canada 8.16 Mb/s
34 500,745 1,637,719 Taiwan 7.93 Mb/s
35 10,487,306 52,437,004 United Kingdom 7.85 Mb/s
36 1,639,459 10,917,866 Greece 7.65 Mb/s
37 23,847 525,046 Mongolia 6.98 Mb/s
38 2,842,753 17,665,479 Poland 6.87 Mb/s
39 3,439,349 14,517,569 Australia 6.66 Mb/s
40 9,097 54,517 Isle of Man 6.37 Mb/s
41 15,114 73,773 Ghana 6.34 Mb/s
42 739,080 3,675,941 New Zealand 6.22 Mb/s
43 818,623 4,833,695 Ireland 6.05 Mb/s
44 2,103,407 6,343,675 Spain 5.81 Mb/s
45 3,300 23,848 San Marino 5.71 Mb/s
46 38,619 311,904 Georgia 5.62 Mb/s
47 242,111 1,777,733 Macedonia 5.54 Mb/s
48 5,673 44,040 Faroe Islands 5.52 Mb/s
49 3,448 11,909 Monaco 5.43 Mb/s
50 583,846 2,226,217 Croatia 5.32 Mb/s
51 11,242 64,176 Maldives 5.16 Mb/s
52 1,313,426 6,198,768 Chile 5.07 Mb/s
53 46,725 216,680 Malta 5.06 Mb/s
54 2,899 16,612 Kyrgyzstan 5.02 Mb/s
55 1,484,786 4,012,738 Turkey 4.83 Mb/s
56 49,068 231,678 Jamaica 4.55 Mb/s
57 101,910 571,128 Trinidad and Tobago 4.51 Mb/s
58 22,362 71,734 Macau 4.47 Mb/s
59 6,344,960 28,975,451 Italy 4.45 Mb/s
60 1,098,194 3,969,629 Israel 4.24 Mb/s
61 179,495 635,159 Kazakstan 4.23 Mb/s
62 1,225,963 8,476,041 Thailand 4.03 Mb/s
63 32,863 144,592 Montenegro 3.78 Mb/s
64 6,042 21,789 Guernsey 3.75 Mb/s
65 132,532 537,862 Belarus 3.72 Mb/s
66 12,661 49,871 Aruba 3.63 Mb/s
67 928,563 7,180,565 Saudi Arabia 3.57 Mb/s
68 5,331 25,824 Grenada 3.52 Mb/s
69 4,223,310 14,974,804 Brazil 3.50 Mb/s
70 1,182 10,138 Rwanda 3.49 Mb/s
71 323,618 1,123,284 United Arab Emirates 3.41 Mb/s
72 85,565 586,088 Cyprus 3.34 Mb/s
73 100,981 467,600 Qatar 3.12 Mb/s
74 541,812 1,495,738 China 3.06 Mb/s
75 3,995 18,256 St. Vincent and Grenadines 3.01 Mb/s
76 6,491 22,343 Jersey 2.96 Mb/s
77 11,610 50,964 Guam 2.93 Mb/s
78 15,384 80,945 Bermuda 2.85 Mb/s
79 20,806 234,460 Kenya 2.84 Mb/s
80 535,417 4,643,767 Serbia 2.82 Mb/s
81 4,175 19,391 Gibraltar 2.74 Mb/s
82 132,060 1,141,975 Kuwait 2.69 Mb/s
83 180,560 1,126,990 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.63 Mb/s
84 1,517 5,189 Greenland 2.62 Mb/s
85 35,982 259,020 Nicaragua 2.60 Mb/s
86 57,556 845,967 Azerbaijan 2.60 Mb/s
87 7,903 35,059 Bahamas 2.57 Mb/s
88 13,444 57,876 New Caledonia 2.40 Mb/s
89 83,976 656,964 Costa Rica 2.39 Mb/s
90 2,796 35,879 Uganda 2.34 Mb/s
91 3,226,185 14,478,650 Mexico 2.29 Mb/s
92 451,158 1,628,663 South Africa 2.28 Mb/s
93 12,236 62,973 Martinique 2.24 Mb/s
94 61,311 617,615 Bahrain 2.23 Mb/s
95 20,669 164,983 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2.16 Mb/s
96 338,850 2,442,995 Puerto Rico 2.12 Mb/s
97 2,034 10,100 Cape Verde 2.10 Mb/s
98 8,394 38,785 Guadeloupe 2.09 Mb/s
99 167,208 676,204 Morocco 2.00 Mb/s
100 1,241,754 29,303,853 Philippines 2.00 Mb/s
101 1,190,695 3,700,487 Argentina 1.99 Mb/s
102 32,734 214,504 Netherlands Antilles 1.97 Mb/s
103 1,197 4,506 Anguilla 1.95 Mb/s
104 1,164,120 10,458,312 Malaysia 1.95 Mb/s
105 22,775 1,269,011 Albania 1.90 Mb/s
106 3,087 12,422 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.87 Mb/s
107 498,145 1,762,248 Vietnam 1.87 Mb/s
108 8,788 49,512 Cayman Islands 1.87 Mb/s
109 28,475 114,288 Barbados 1.85 Mb/s
110 33,068 562,722 Honduras 1.84 Mb/s
111 3,178 12,911 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.83 Mb/s
112 5,974 30,215 Mozambique 1.80 Mb/s
113 2,711 9,328 British Virgin Islands 1.77 Mb/s
114 71,428 377,108 Panama 1.73 Mb/s
115 1,924 11,616 Dominica 1.73 Mb/s
116 1,810 22,165 Papua New Guinea 1.72 Mb/s
117 3,234 25,733 Saint Lucia 1.71 Mb/s
118 5,083 13,941 French Guiana 1.69 Mb/s
119 40,667 437,013 Armenia 1.68 Mb/s
120 135,099 1,248,175 Jordan 1.62 Mb/s
121 5,105 64,806 Laos 1.60 Mb/s
122 1,953 24,372 Belize 1.58 Mb/s
123 1,319,769 6,249,243 Colombia 1.54 Mb/s
124 381,784 3,219,251 Pakistan 1.54 Mb/s
125 12,596 48,786 Reunion 1.53 Mb/s
126 7,585 45,123 Botswana 1.43 Mb/s
127 6,039 18,528 Senegal 1.42 Mb/s
128 4,616 43,934 Antigua and Barbuda 1.41 Mb/s
129 137,969 842,451 Ecuador 1.37 Mb/s
130 50,924 188,493 Palestinian Territory 1.36 Mb/s
131 22,485 121,800 Oman 1.36 Mb/s
132 24,278 114,647 Syrian Arab Republic 1.32 Mb/s
133 2,404,916 12,487,531 India 1.31 Mb/s
134 121,803 326,601 Tunisia 1.28 Mb/s
135 4,301 28,433 Tanzania 1.28 Mb/s
136 397,974 1,191,956 Egypt 1.25 Mb/s
137 18,069 102,364 Uzbekistan 1.22 Mb/s
138 3,545 45,215 U.S. Virgin Islands 1.18 Mb/s
139 10,900 46,019 Namibia 1.17 Mb/s
140 23,984 234,437 Bangladesh 1.14 Mb/s
141 110,862 471,224 Algeria 1.13 Mb/s
142 187,195 650,674 Peru 1.13 Mb/s
143 85,213 519,516 Sri Lanka 1.09 Mb/s
144 1,096,268 15,651,518 Indonesia 1.03 Mb/s
145 90,799 208,833 Uruguay 1.02 Mb/s
146 10,162 56,967 Fiji 0.97 Mb/s
147 12,782 145,607 Cambodia 0.97 Mb/s
148 1,858 12,412 Northern Mariana Islands 0.96 Mb/s
149 11,601 106,360 Brunei Darussalam 0.91 Mb/s
150 16,837 81,445 Sudan 0.88 Mb/s
151 419,460 2,161,698 Venezuela 0.77 Mb/s
152 1,389 6,115 Burkina Faso 0.75 Mb/s
153 1,227 3,832 Mauritania 0.75 Mb/s
154 153,993 694,466 Dominican Republic 0.74 Mb/s
155 4,087 29,746 Madagascar 0.73 Mb/s
156 42,890 240,466 Bolivia 0.72 Mb/s
157 20,324 110,936 Nigeria 0.71 Mb/s
158 5,131 83,217 Iraq 0.68 Mb/s
159 4,196 15,049 Cote D'Ivoire 0.67 Mb/s
160 39,948 245,809 Paraguay 0.66 Mb/s
161 3,565 18,743 Angola 0.64 Mb/s
162 1,202 6,942 Gabon 0.62 Mb/s
163 42,011 334,139 Lebanon 0.61 Mb/s
164 156,894 552,811 Islamic Republic of Iran 0.60 Mb/s
165 3,455 25,292 Haiti 0.59 Mb/s
166 2,359 11,487 Mali 0.58 Mb/s
167 88,194 379,465 El Salvador 0.56 Mb/s
168 1,863 16,518 Afghanistan 0.54 Mb/s
169 23,069 60,860 Mauritius 0.53 Mb/s
170 5,708 26,425 Suriname 0.51 Mb/s
171 126,183 839,668 Guatemala 0.48 Mb/s
172 1,485 2,760 French Polynesia 0.48 Mb/s
173 20,407 97,677 Nepal 0.48 Mb/s
174 5,272 29,866 Cameroon 0.46 Mb/s
175 1,169 13,598 Zimbabwe 0.45 Mb/s
176 4,904 31,666 Yemen 0.44 Mb/s
177 2,523 11,420 Guyana 0.43 Mb/s
178 1,643 13,615 Zambia 0.26 Mb/s