British Broadband- up to 17 times more expensive than elsewhere in Europe
According to a recent research, done by MoneySupermarket, British broadband is too slow and too expensive comparing to its European neighbours. The cheapest broadband is in
Although the broadband is in many countries more expensive, they offer a far better quality of service. For instance, Polish households, which pay £6.60 a month per Mbps, receive on average 7.5Mbps - three times faster broadband than in the UK.
British houses only receive on average 2.6Mbps and, on this measurement, MoneySupermarket rank 16th out of 23 countries.
Among the fifth cheapest countries, three are from Scandinavia. The reason of their success probably lies in technology. Those countries have invested heavily in installing fibre optic wires underground, the UK system is reliant on decades-old copper wires.
Unfortunately, in many cases companies promise great speed and service but only small percentage of people actually receive the fast connection. As per Mr. Lloyd , head of broadband at MoneySupermarket, the maximum speed advertised is so different from what they are actually getting. The problem is that 55 per cent of people don’t read the small print.”