Interactive broadband map released by Ofcom

The communications regulator, Ofcom, has recently released an interactive broadband map, which will reveal the different variations in both fixed line broadband speeds and take up around the UK.

There are many people that would be interested in comparing the broadband speeds and take up in different parts of the UK. Both of these aspects can vary considerably from one area to another, but with the launch of a new service from Ofcom comparing speeds and take up in different areas of the UK will become far easier for consumers.

The interactive map, which can be viewed on the Ofcom website, shows how around sixty eight percent of homes and business premises now have fixed line broadband in the UK, which does not include superfast broadband, with average speeds of 7.5Mbps.

The interactive map showed that the lowest take up of fixed line broadband was in the Western Isles, which clocked up forty six percent. The highest broadband take up, on the other hand, was seen in Brighton and Hove, where the figure reached an impressive eighty percent.

The fastest average broadband speeds were found to be in Edinburgh, where the average speed was 10.1Mbps followed closely by Bristol, which reached an average speed of 9.9Mbps. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, clocked the slowest average speeds, coming in at 4.3 Mbps, which was closely followed by Cookstown, where speeds came in at 4.4 Mbps.

Ofcom believes that the information on the interactive map will prove invaluable to many people, including consumers, businesses and the government. Ed Richard, the CEO of Ofcom, said: “Championing the provision of more information in this kind of area in my experience so far has invariably led to better outcomes.”

Source – Guardian