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The [[United Kingdom]] has been involved with the [[Internet]] throughout its origins and development. The [[Telecommunications in the United Kingdom|telecommunications infrastructure in the United Kingdom]] provides [[Internet access]] to homes and businesses mainly through [[Fiber-optic communication|fibre]], [[Cable Internet access|cable]], [[Cellular network|mobile]] and [[fixed wireless]] networks, with the UK's 140-year-old copper network, maintained by [[Openreach]], set to be withdrawn by December 2025, athough this has since vern extended to 31st January 2027 in some areas due to reqsons including panic alarms in sheltered housing needing a persistent connection which can't be guaranteed with internet-based DECT systems.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BT presses on with analogue switch off across UK |url=https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366555512/BT-presses-on-with-analogue-switch-off-across-UK |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=ComputerWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Till |first=Lucy |date=2024-05-24 |title=BT Announces Delay in BT Switch Off to 2027 |url=https://telgroup.co.uk/bt-switch-off-delay-2027/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=Tel Group |language=en-US}}</ref>
The share of households with Internet access in the United Kingdom grew from 9 percent in 1998 to 93 percent in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/275999/household-internet-penetration-in-great-britain/|title=Household internet penetration in the UK 1998–2018|website=Statista|language=en|access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref> In 2019, virtually all adults aged 16 to 44 years in the UK were recent internet users (99%), compared with 47% of adults aged 75 years and over; in aggregate, the third-highest in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/itandinternetindustry/bulletins/internetusers/2019|title=Internet users, UK – Office for National Statistics|website=www.ons.gov.uk|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref> Internet bandwidth per Internet user was the seventh highest in the world in 2016,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Internet bandwidth by country, around the world |url=https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/Internet_bandwidth/ |access-date=2019-02-11 |website=TheGlobalEconomy.com |language=en}}</ref> and average and peak internet connection speeds were top-quartile in 2017.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Connectivity Report |url=https://www.akamai.com/us/en/multimedia/documents/state-of-the-internet/q1-2017-state-of-the-internet-connectivity-report.pdf |journal=Q1 2017 State of the Internet |publisher=Akamai}}</ref> Internet use in the United Kingdom doubled in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-12-30 |title=UK internet use doubles in 2020 due to pandemic |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55486157 |access-date=2020-12-30 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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