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British households download about 17 gigabytes of data on average every month over their home broadband connections, suggests a report.

British households download about 17 gigabytes of data on average every month over their home broadband connections, suggests a report.

"BT is investing £2.5bn to roll-out superfast broadband to two-thirds of UK consumer and business premises by the end of 2014. Regeneris Consulting was commissioned to assess the potential economic benefits of BT's investment in superfast broadband for businesses and focussed on four case study areas: A rural area in the UK: Norfolk and Suffolk A UK town: Caerphilly A UK city: Sunderland The capital city: London The report and its observations builds on Regeneris' experience in the production of number of studies assessing the economic impact of broadband investments throughout the UK. Their work has informed business planning and bid development, including a number of the current crop of BDUK projects and projects to help secure investment from European funding sources. The 'Key Facts regarding BT's investment in Broadband' and the 'Summary of key observations' from the report are below. "

Investment in super-fast broadband could create thousands of jobs and bring millions of pounds into the Scottish economy in the next 15 years, according to a report. Investment by BT in the service has already made the technology available to more than 270,000 Scottish homes and businesses, and the company expects the number to rise to around 836,000 by spring 2013.