The drive to create Broadband Britain has hit another milestone, as BT signed up the 15 millionth user to its high-speed network last week.

Ten years after broadband was first launched in the UK, it has now been taken up by around three-quarters of the UK’s homes and small businesses. With Virgin Media serving another 4.2 million customers over its cable network, Britain boasts a higher take-up rate than other developed nations such as Germany and the US.

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www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/aug/31/broadband-bt-15-million-users