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Ultra-fast broadband services will not be a reality for most UK residents in the near future, an industry expert has claimed.

Mark Jackson, editor-in-chief of ISPreview.co.uk, has stated that at the moment, recent announcements by companies such as Virgin Media promising 50Mbps services in the near future are more a marketing ploy than a service that consumers will tangibly benefit from.

Currently, he adds, most people do not use internet services that require speeds of more than 24 Mbps. Ultra-fast connections will become more necessary as high-quality online video streaming becomes more popular, he states.

Video streaming and similar services require a higher bandwidth than technology such as VoIP, which allows users to make cheap calls using their internet connections.

"The internet has always been a place where technology creates the market that it ultimately embraces and that could be the case with Virgin's move too," Mr Jackson commented.

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