Title: UK Broadband Internet Lagging Behind The World Word Count: 479 Summary: As in other countries, people in the UK are choosing broadband more often than dial up. In fact, the majority of internet users in the UK have broadband internet. The UK, however, has had a slow move into the age of faster internet when compared to other countries, especially those in Europe. The initiation of UK broadband internet and the broadband speeds are quite a bit behind European countries. New technologies like internet phone and online video streaming has m... Keywords: broadband,isp,internet,wireless,voip,dsl,adsl,satellite,modem,cable,security,online,digital,uk broad Article Body: As in other countries, people in the UK are choosing broadband more often than dial up. In fact, the majority of internet users in the UK have broadband internet. The UK, however, has had a slow move into the age of faster internet when compared to other countries, especially those in Europe. The initiation of UK broadband internet and the broadband speeds are quite a bit behind European countries. New technologies like internet phone and online video streaming has made it almost essential for internet users to seek out a faster way to get online. Broadband has been that answer. Many online companies depend upon the users viewing their content with a high speed connection, so the slow start of the UK has actually held back many companies from becoming as profitable as they would have liked in the UK. It has also led to frustration for people in the UK who seek to have that faster online speed and the ability to take advantage of everything the internet has to offer. The UK broadband internet providers are unable to offer top speeds that are available in other countries. Despite plenty of hype and promise that higher speeds would be introduced from the beginning. Providers are finding that getting top speed to those in remote areas is far more difficult than expected, which has resulted in users in those areas lagging behind those in the more populated areas of the UK. To make up for the lack of speed in some areas, UK broadband internet providers have went to lowering prices and offering specials to customers. This has lead to many people signing up for broadband internet and has started to make broadband internet a very competitive market. Now that the market is built up, though, providers have to start looking into improving speed. The problem with UK broadband internet is that the remote areas are still hassling with slow speeds that, while better than dial up, do not compare to speeds elsewhere in the world or even the more populated areas of the UK. Users are unsatisfied that they are not getting the speeds that those within and close to the cities are getting. The availability is wide in the UK, with almost every area being serviced, however, the focus is now shifting to bringing all customers higher speeds that compare to the rest of the world. The growth of broadband internet in the UK is starting to even out, with the remote areas catching up with the other areas as far as speed. The improvement of UK broadband internet service is gradually, but steadily moving along. Within the next few years all the areas in the UK should be at or around the same speed of broadband internet. However, currently the UK still ranks around the bottom for speed when compared to other countries around the world.