With current Covid-19 restrictions in place, many Swindonian families will be making use of Zoom, Skype and other online communication tools to speak to family and friends this new year and depending on where you live, could also see you faced with annoying sound delays or screen freezes.
A recent study by Uswitch.com has revealed broadband speeds across Swindon range from a superfast 440.1 megabits (Mbps) per second to a painful 1.0 Mbps.
The average broadband speeds were collected in postcode areas with more than 50 addresses that have conducted at least one speed test in the 12 months up to October this year. In total, nearly 400,000 tests were done.
The Uswitch study revealed, in Swindon the postcodes with the fastest speeds were:
SN2 7SW Pearce Close, 440.1Mbps
SN3 3TN Elmore, Eldene 223.1Mbps
SN3 6NL Matley Moor, Liden, 214.5Mbps SN3 6NL
The postcodes with the slowest speeds were:
SN2 7TN Fuller Close, with an average speed of 1Mbps
SN2 2AP Barnum Court, Rodbourne, 2.6Mbps
SN25 4YF Standen Way, St Andrews, 2.7Mbps
Ernest Doku, broadband expert at Uswitch.com, said: “The digital divide that runs through Britain has grown dramatically in the last year, with the fastest street’s broadband more than 5,000 times quicker than the slowest’s.”
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.”
