Broadband connections for residential and small businesses hit 17 million by the end Q4 2008
According to Ofcoms figures there was at the end of Q4 2008 17.1 million residential and small business UK broadband connections, which was an increase of 2.1% on Q3 2008.
Over the course of the year to the end of 2008 there was a year on year increase of 1.7 million new broadband connections.
The market share of broadband connections saw BT's retail market share of broadband connections at 26.3% which was a fall of 0.1% in Q4 2008. Virgin Media's share was at 21.3%.
The breakdown of the 17,276,000 broadband connections is as follows:
BT retail DSL - 4,545
Other DSL - 3,509
Virgin Media - 3,683
Other (inc. LLU) - 5,539
Author: Mark Ward Copyright: BroadbandWatchdog.co.uk - NetMediaUK.com
