Updated: May 20, 2021, 7:01 am
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Tayside and the Scottish islands have the worst access to full fibre broadband in the nation, according to new research.
Government ministers were urged to act after the “sorry state” of the roll-out was exposed in a study that has been released today.
Scotland currently enjoys 94.6% coverage of “superfast” broadband, providing speeds of 30Mbps or higher.
But full fibre, which can be much faster, is only available to 20.5% of premises, according to a study by Compare Fibre and Think Broadband Labs.
Tayside and the Scottish islands have worst access to full fibre broadband
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File photo dated 15/01/14 of a broadband cable and router. Those living in remote areas could be left with slow broadband for years to come due to a litany of planning and implementation failures within Government, a group of MPs has warned. A SHOCKING percentage of homes in mid Essex are incapable of accessing full-fibre broadband, figures reveal. A group of MPs has warned that the Government’s pledge of gigabit broadband for 85 per cent of the UK by 2025 will not be met, leaving those in rural areas with slow connectivity for years to come. Figures from the House of Commons showed fewer than 20 per cent of homes in the Braintree, Witham and Maldon constituencies could receive speeds of one gigabit per second in September last year.