{"id":434,"date":"2011-01-10T18:16:07","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T18:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpscomputing.com\/wordpress\/?p=434"},"modified":"2013-05-19T17:33:36","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T16:33:36","slug":"broadband-but-not-as-wed-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/10\/broadband-but-not-as-wed-like-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadband &#8211; But Not As We&#8217;d Like It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=&#8221;45&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"435\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/10\/broadband-but-not-as-wed-like-it\/broadband\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/broadband.gif\" data-orig-size=\"346,346\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Broadband\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/broadband.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/broadband.gif\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-435\" title=\"Broadband\" alt=\"Broadband - hand holding globe\" src=\"http:\/\/dpscomputing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/broadband.gif\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" \/>Unhappy with your broadband?\u00a0 Well you&#8217;re not alone!\u00a0 ISPreview.co.uk, one of the UKs respected ISP review website has conducted a survey which reveals that around 45% of us are disillusioned with our own connections.\u00a0 Also, well over a third of people who took part would rate their Internet connection as &#8220;poor&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The founder of the website, Mark Jackson, said &#8220;It&#8217;s deeply disappointing to see that consumer satisfaction with mainstream ISPs is still so extremely low.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Medias fibre optic broadband looks set to continue to lead the way while the effect that BTs new fibre optic offering &#8220;Infinity&#8221; 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