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Title: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: .Griff. on Aug 17, 2011, 15:36:46
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/08/17/the-uk-top-20-slowest-broadband-towns-and-villages-by-download-speed.html

    UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages
    1. Cranbrook, Kent 1.32Mbps
    2. Tregaron, Ceredigion, Wales 1.48Mbps
    3. Lavant, Chichester, Sussex 1.65Mbps
    4. Charlton Down, Dorset 1.69Mbps
    5. Malvern, Worcestershire 1.79Mbps
    6. Oswestry, Shropshire 1.81Mbps
    7. King‟s Lynn, Norfolk 1.82Mbps
    8. Lowestoft, Suffolk 1.82Mbps
    9. Basingstoke, Hampshire 1.94Mbps
    10. Nuneaton, Warwickshire 1.95Mbps
    11. Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales 1.96Mbps
    12. Pulborough, Sussex 1.97Mbps
    13. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland 1.98Mbps
    14. Yeovil, Somerset 2.01Mbps
    15. Grantham, Lincolnshire 2.01Mbps
    16. Ashford, Kent 2.17Mbps
    17. Eastgate, Norfolk 2.24Mbps
    18. Hastings, Sussex 2.25Mbps
    19. Dover, Kent 2.26Mbps
    20. Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire 2.45Mbps

(I'm not entirely sure how accurate and complete the information is however)
Title: Re: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: Rik on Aug 17, 2011, 16:21:55
Where's Milton Keynes in that lot? :)
Title: Re: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: Ardua on Aug 17, 2011, 16:58:59
Where is the science that underpins these figures? I am on the WMMAL exchange and I am getting a download speed of 15Mbps not the 1.79Mbps quoted in the table. Looking back, I rarely dropped below 5Mbps when I was on an ADLS Max connection with the VP showing Red.
Title: Re: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: cavillas on Aug 17, 2011, 18:48:44
Quote from: Rik on Aug 17, 2011, 16:21:55
Where's Milton Keynes in that lot? :)

No on ever mentions Milton Keynes, do they?  :eek4: :evil: ;D
Title: Re: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: Rik on Aug 17, 2011, 18:50:13
I try, Alf. :)
Title: Re: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: MisterW on Aug 17, 2011, 19:11:36
Milton Keynes isn't a broadband not spot, it's just a not spot :evil:
Title: Re: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: Technical Ben on Aug 17, 2011, 23:21:31
The only reason Lincolnshire does not factor in the list very much is they have nowhere that classes as a "Town".  :whistle:
Title: Re: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: Steve on Aug 17, 2011, 23:24:27
Skegness :evil:
Title: Re: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: Technical Ben on Aug 18, 2011, 07:59:14
I don't mention Skeg round these parts.  :whistle:
Title: Re: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: sat_mad on Aug 19, 2011, 17:17:33
2.45Mbps? Luxury!  ::)

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/1440551035.png)
Title: Re: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: gizmo71 on Aug 20, 2011, 09:06:16
They're all getting more than me!
Title: Re: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: Gary on Aug 21, 2011, 01:53:55
I used to live in Lavant its not far from here its a suburb of Chichester, never had the interwebs then, I had more of a life  ;D
Title: Re: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: PhilT on Aug 23, 2011, 11:22:11
Quote from: Technical Ben on Aug 17, 2011, 23:21:31
The only reason Lincolnshire does not factor in the list...

"  15. Grantham, Lincolnshire 2.01Mbps "

;)
Title: Re: The UK Top 20 Slowest Broadband Towns and Villages by Download Speed
Post by: Technical Ben on Aug 23, 2011, 22:51:35
"... very much."
If you included towns, it would be much nearer the top for slow spots. :D