The slowest street for broadband in the UK is 5,330-times slower than the fastest, according to the latest research from Uswitch.
The research suggests that the roll-out of ultrafast broadband is increasing the digital divide. In 2019, the fastest street was only 830-times faster than the slowest. The slowest road (Queen's Road in Weybridge, Surrey) has an average download speed of 0.12 Mbps. This is more than 5,000-times slower than the fastest at 639.67 Mbps (Dale Lane in Appleton, Cheshire).
The research, based on 398,973 consumer speed tests, shows that more than half (54%) of broadband users not get speeds of over 30 Mbps, up from 22 percent five years earlier. Seven of the ten slowest streets with speeds under 1 Mbps could get broadband of at least 30 Mbps if consumers upgraded their service.
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