UK broadband access had more than doubled since the start of 2002, per
ZDNet, from 332,000 to 709,000 and that significant broadband growth
remained, as these totals were only six percent of UK home Internet
users---this implies that the UK has approximately 12 million
households compared to 107 million households in the US.

I need a forecast of UK broadband penetration(next 3 to 5 years) and
source

Hello Chelsea,

It’s nice to see you again.

I gathered forecast information on broadband penetration in the UK
from a number of sources.


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Present - UK Broadband Access 
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In an article dated January 29, 2003 - Popularity of broadband in UK
steadily rising:

“84 per cent of UK internet customers are now aware of broadband
services and the benefits they can offer compared to just over 50 per
cent in February, 2002.

Take-up of new broadband subscriptions has now risen to almost 30,000
per week, and the UK now has over 1.4 million broadband users. (..)
One in ten of UK homes with Internet access use broadband services.”

Europe media: News Archives
http://www.europemedia.net/shownews.asp?ArticleID=14642


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“The UK's broadband market is booming, with an estimated 34,000 new
customers signing up for a high-speed Internet connection each week.
Just a month ago, reports put the rate at 20,000 new connections a
week.

There are now over 1.1 million broadband users in the UK -- a far cry
from the start of 2002 when there were just over 300,000. Britain hit
the one million broadband user mark at the start of October.

The figures also confirm comments made by the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) last month, which reported
that broadband growth in the UK is faster than in France, Germany and
Italy.”

ZDNet News: UK
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2125993,00.html


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Forecasts - UK Broadband Access 
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According to CyberAtlas:
 
Household Penetration of Broadband 
Region   2001     2005
UK       0.9%     19.5%

CyberAtlas: Broadband Market
http://cyberatlas.internet.com/markets/broadband/article/0,1323,10099_783401,00.html


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Broadband Households as a Percentage of Total Households

UK
Year    %
2003    5%
2004    9%
2005    14%
2006    18%

Alcatel: Broadband Access Technologies in Europe
http://www.tiaonline.org/events/EUbroadband_presentations/presentation_alcatel.pdf


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The UK is expected to adopt broadband at a slower rate, with 15% of
the population expecting to use the faster services by 2005.

Broadband penetration in 2005 
Nordic 30%
Germany 17%
UK 15%
France 10%
Spain 8%
France 10%
Source: Jupiter MMXI

BBC News: Business
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1270242.stm


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UK online: the broadband future
Publication - 48 pages
Figure 12: Forecast of Percentage of UK households with broadband
connections for the year 2004
2004        37.5%
Source: IDC 2000.
Office of the e-Envoy
http://www.e-envoy.gov.uk/oee/oee.nsf/sections/reports-broadband/$file/ukonline.pdf


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Continental Research and others suggest that by the end of 2003, there
should be more than 2 million broadband users in the United Kingdom.

Source: Sky Report
http://www.skyreport.com/the_bridge/1102/global.shtm


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BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT, UK: 

“About 30% of British households will use high-speed Internet
connections by 2005, despite delays in getting remote areas wired with
broadband connections.” (UK Government, Feb. 2001)

Cisco: Facts and Stats
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/govtaffs/factsNStats/broadbanddeployment.html


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Additional information that may interest you:


BT hopes to have 5 million broadband customers by 2006. 
http://media.guardian.co.uk/bt/story/0,7521,817092,00.html


Propelling the broadband bandwagon Strategic policy research (pdf
only, 2.5mb) - 4 September 2002
“This broadband study, prepared by Strategic Policy Research, was
commissioned by Oftel and the Office of the e-Envoy to help better
understand the factors driving broadband deployment and take-up in the
UK and to identify possible policy and regulatory options.”

Source: Oftel UK
http://www.oftel.gov.uk/publications/broadband/other/spr0802.pdf
	

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thanks!