From: Phil Payne 

> Unfortunately, in terms of broadband, the UK is quite lagging behind:
>
> http://www.nielsen-netratings.com/pr/pr_030529_uk.pdf
>
> Of course the UK can still be the 'most Internet-connected country in the
> world', but it would have to be on dial-up modems.

We can argue that point hither and yon - we also have the "free"
providers like Freeserve and Tesco - the cost is abstracted from your phone
bill.

Whatever - the final result is that the UK is certainly not a
"desert" in these terms.  I was in the Virgin Megastore in London
yesterday - GBP1 for 60 minutes of pretty good access.

Again - our friend strikes me as a typical debka reporter.  I wonder if he
ever left home.

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