http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2011/0...eeds-revealed/

and the graph http://bit.ly/kqmD8y

The research, conducted between September and December 2010 in partnership with broadband monitoring specialists Epitiro, found that the average download speed achieved by consumers in Ofcom’s consumer panel survey was 1.5Mbit/s and basic webpages took on average 8.5 seconds to download.
Orange falls so far behind everyone else that it's laughable