London, 27 Sep 2004— Broadband Benchmarks Europe Q2 2004.

Throughout Europe, the number of broadband access lines has increased from 24.65 million at the end of 2003 to 28.04 million at the end of June 2004. During the second quarter of 2004. Again The region for the second consecutive time has seen the fastest growing national broadband market in the world (Slovakia) at 88% in the second quarter of 2004