[yahoo] Broadband gets speed injection

[Greg Bernhardt]

A UK internet service provider is offering broadband that is sixteen times faster than average packages.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/technology/4016031.stm

[hitssquad]

"An eight megabit service has been launched by internet service provider UK Online."

That is only about twice as fast as the typical American broadband connection. It is 16 times as fast as the typical 512Kb/s UK connection.