I det nuværende EU er det alene i Storbritannien, at udbydere af nye former for teledataservice udnytter kabelnettet, som trods alt kun 10% af husstandene er tilsluttet ­ mod over 90% i Benelux­lande­ne, 70% i Tyskland og i Danmark, 50% i Irland og over 25% i Frankrig.
The United Kingdom is the only EU country at present in which cable TV companies can offer ail telecommunications services; but even here these companies reach only 10% of homes — as compared with more than 90% of homes in the Benelux countries, 70% in Germany and Denmark, 50% in Ireland and more than 25% in France.