::::UK Broadband: Customers paying for average 12Mbps, only getting 7Mbps::::

<img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1336961232_temp.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Image&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /><p style=&quot;width: 480px; margin: 0px&quot;>Broadband customers in the UK are, on average, receiving speeds around 42 per cent less than advertised, a new investigation from the Guardian has revealed.</p><p style=&quot;width: 480px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px&quot;>A survey of over 3,000 broadband users in the UK found that the average UK household is paying for connection speeds of 12Mbps, but only obtaining 7Mbps.</p><p style=&quot;width: 480px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px&quot;>Although the dubious nature of advertised broadband speeds has long been a point of contention, the report highlights the huge disparity users are experiencing.The results were obtained from a Guardian online speed test, as part of a campaign to improve the UK's broadband infrastructure.</p><h3 style=&quot;width: 480px; margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px&quot;>TalkTalk the worst offender</h3><p style=&quot;width: 480px; margin: 0px&quot;>The survey found TalkTalk and Sky to be the biggest offenders with a 60 per cent shortfall in its advertised speeds.</p><p style=&quot;width: 480px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px&quot;>The former offered an average of 5Mbps with 8Mbps advertised, while Sky customers only got 4.8Mbps when they were paying for 12Mbps.</p><p style=&quot;width: 480px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px&quot;>Virgin Media shortchanged customers by a slightly-less-than average 41 per cent according to the Guardian, while BT performed best by only posting a 25 per cent shortfall.</p>

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