"Almost nine out of 10 UK net users are connecting via broadband services, official figures reveal.
Information gathered by National Statistics (ONS) for September show that 88.4% of Britons are choosing to use broadband rather than dial-up.
The statistics show that 49.2% of those connections are for services advertised at two megabits per second or faster.
The figure for September is only slightly up on the June total of 86.2%, but indicates a 26% rise over the last 12 months.
The statistics show that broadband has enjoyed a meteoric rise in popularity among net users since services started to be available and affordable.
As recently as April 2003, ONS reports, 81% of people went online via dial-up modems and only 17% had broadband.
The statistics also offer a breakdown of the speeds that people have signed up to, and show that the proportion of people on higher speeds - between two and eight megabits per second (Mbps) - has grown. Only 4% of those questioned were using services faster than eight Mbps."- BBC.
Around 10m households, or 40% of UK homes do not have internet access.