Broadband Britain to overtake dial-up

Interesting statistic showing that broadband is about to over take dial-up- see ZDnet UK article below...

Hence, timeline for UK communications:

* from memory:

2000 Internet use (data) overtakes voice as traffic on UK landlines
2002 mobile overtakes landline for voice telephony

* and now:

2005 broadband overtakes dial-up for Internet access

* Q - the extent of VoIP use over broadband connections?

Broadband Britain to overtake dial-up
Graeme Wearden, ZDNet UK, June 20, 2005, 13:55 BST

Brief: High-speed Internet access is well on the way to becoming standard in the UK

Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that broadband is poised to overtake dial-up as the most popular way of accessing the Internet in the UK.

The ONS reported on Monday that, in April 2005, 49.2 percent of UK Web users were surfing over a high-speed connection, versus 50.8 percent using dial-up. A year before, broadband represented just 28.5 percent of the market.

Full article here