The Communications Market 2010: UK
...driven by the upgrade of cable and roll-out of ADSL2+ services...
During 2009 average headline broadband speeds (the 'up to' xMbit/s speeds at which services are frequently advertised) continued to increase, and in doing so passed 8Mbit/s for the first time (Figure 5.8). For a number of years 'up to 8Mbit/s' was the most commonly-offered headline DSL broadband speed, and the increase in average headline speeds to above this level is a major milestone in the development of the UK's broadband services. The increase in average broadband headline speed in 2009 was 2.5Mbit/s, the largest ever recorded and an increase of over a third on the 2008 figure.
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