Something for those of us who have watched the election campaign with eye pressed to the distorting lens of the blogosphere ...
Broadband penetration by constituency
The Digital Divide, it seems, is alive and well and living in Wales, which has both the broadest and unbroadest banded regions in Britain.
Point Topic, the analysts who have published the report, conclude that ...
The peaks are areas where the population is relatively young and prosperous, with many people in managerial jobs, and where BT competes with the cable networks to offer broadband services.
Makes sense.
They also share our disappointment at the paucity of internet-related matter in the party manifestos.
Datum of the day: At the time of the last election Britain had around 195,000 broadband lines. By 5 May it is expected to have around 7.5m.
