The RAE suggested the UK follow Ireland by launching a competition for any company in Europe to provide broadband to rural areas.

皇家工程院建议英国仿效爱尔兰，让欧洲所有电讯公司都参与到提供乡村宽带建设的竞争中来。

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More than 19m of the 26m households in the UK now have an internet connection and broadband penetration has more than doubled since 2005.

在英国2600万家庭中，超过1900万个家庭有互联网连接，宽带普及率自2005年以来已增加超过了一倍。

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Super-fast broadband will be available to every home in the UK by 2020, the prime minister is to promise later.

英国首相将宣布，在2020年之前每个家庭都可以享受到超快宽带服务。

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Nearly one fifth of UK broadband customers on an 8Mbps connection actually receive less than 2Mbps, it found.

BBC: NI has 'fastest broadband speeds'

The company, which has more than four million UK broadband customers, changed from Google to Yahoo this week.

BBC: Sky customers complain after Yahoo email switch

The transaction will make Sky the second-largest provider in the UK broadband market, building on its existing position as the UK's fastest-growing broadband and telephony business.

ENGADGET: Sky to buy Telefonica UK's fixed phone line and broadband business for up to ?200 million