According to National Statistics, an estimated 13.9 million households (57 per cent, see graph) in Great Britain could access the Internet from home between January and April 2006.

Sixty nine per cent of households with Internet access had a broadband connection with access being highest in London where 78 per cent of households with Internet access had a broadband connection (49 per cent of all households in the London region).

What's amazing about the figures is that dial-up now accounts for about 27% of connections. I would have thought it would be closer to 5% or less by now, especially since broadband is now free at Carphone Warehouse and BSkyB (well almost....) and prices at the other major suppliers have been dropping consistently. Why would anyone pay for dial-up when they can have a connection speed 10 times faster (giving access to movies, music and large files sizes), which is always-on and they don't have to hear those nasty beeping sounds when modem starts dialing.
Anyway, march on broadband......