By Ann Yip ann yip Audience and content editor / Follow me: facebook.com/annyipjournalist
Good broadband has become even more important after a year of lockdowns. Photo: Pixabay Having good broadband at home never been more important after a year spent in lockdowns and working from home. Covid restrictions over the Christmas period also means more people have had to connect with their loved ones virtually. Video calls, virtual quizzes and online gatherings have become the norm. But for some families in Watford, frustrations are set to continue with new figures revealing crippling broadband speeds in some neighbourhoods. Across the local authority, broadband speeds range from a superfast 344.1 megabits (Mbps) per second to a snail-paced 4.2 Mbps, according to data from Uswitch.com.