City dwellers and people in urban areas across the UK are struggling with poor broadband connectivity as the Government’s plans to upgrade the UK gigabit-capable broadband come under renewed criticism.
The Government hopes to deliver gigabit-capable broadband, with speeds of at least 1,000 Mbps (Megabits per second, the rate at which data is transferred – the equivalent of downloading a Blu-Ray film in two minutes) to at least 85 per cent of the UK by 2025.
The UK’s average fixed line broadband download speeds reached 51.48Mbps last year, ranking 43rd out of 224 countries assessed by telecoms analysts Cable.co.uk.
A Public Accounts Committee report attacking the Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) for making “little tangible progress in delivering internet connectivity” was published earlier this week, warning that it was “still not convinced” it would meet its 2025 target.
While the proportion of premises in the UK with access to gigabit broadband leapt from 40 per cent to 57 per cent between May and October last year, this was…
