Falkirk's best and slowest broadband locations revealed in new research
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And for those struggling to connect digitally, the bad news their frustrations will continue in 2021.
Across the local authority, broadband speeds range from a superfast 437.1 megabits (Mbps) per second to a snail-paced 0.9 Mbps, according to data from Uswitch.com.
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Hide AdIt means families using Zoom, Skype or Facebook to speak to relatives and friends could be faced with annoying freezes, cut-outs and sound delays.
Meanwhile, those downloading Christmas movie classics could be left waiting up to 120 hours, compared to just one minute 20 seconds in neighbourhoods with the fastest speeds.
The average broadband speeds were collected in postcode areas with more than 50 addresses through at least one test in the 12 months up to October this year. In total, nearly 400,000 tests were done.
They revealed, in Falkirk the postcodes with the slowest speeds were:
FK20GE, in Upper Braes, with an average speed of 0.9Mbps
FK12BX, in Upper Braes, average 3.1Mbps
FK54SN, in Bonnybridge and Larbert, average 4.4Mbps
The postcodes with the fastest speeds were:
FK54JT, in Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst, average 437.1Mbps
FK54GZ, in Carse, Kinnaird and Tryst, average 135.9Mbps
FK14QB, in Falkirk North, average 121.6Mbps
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Hide AdErnest Doku, broadband expert at Uswitch.com, said: “It’s great that more of us are enjoying ultrafast broadband, but we don’t want to see large swathes of the country left behind on shoddy connections that aren’t suitable for modern life.”
He added: “It’s great that more of us are enjoying ultrafast broadband, but we don’t want to see large swathes of the country left behind on shoddy connections that aren’t suitable for modern life.”