A report commissioned by the European Commission has found that the number of European households able to access at least 30Mbps download speeds is 62 percent.
The survey covered 2013 and showed that 4G LTE support increased by 32 percent during the year.
Coverage growth was influenced by deployments of Very High Speed DSL (VDSL) – it was the fastest growing fixed broadband tech for the second year in a row.
But the position is still bad for people living in the country. Rural households showed 89.8 percent coverage, compared to 97.2 percent for urban households.
UK got the thumbs up in the survey. The vast majority of people in the UK have 100 percent coverage, the EC said.
LTE takeup was patchy. Sweden had the highest penetration, while three countries – Bulgaria, Cyprus and Malta – had no coverage whatsoever at the end of 2013.
