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Britain's broadband vision

With your help, the Guardian will create an up to date broadband map of Britain, showing advertised versus real speeds. We want to highlight the best and worst-served communities, and bring attention to the broadband blackspots
  • UK broadband map

    Rural broadband speeds less than half those in cities and towns

    Omagh in Northern Ireland is worst connected area for basic broadband coverage, according to Labour party analysis. By Juliette Garside
  • Broadband

    Tech Weekly podcast: Lords report says UK broadband not fit for purpose

    House of Lords report says UK broadband not fit for purpose

  • Juliette Garside

    Lords' report on superfast broadband must be taken seriously

    Juliette Garside

    Juliette Garside: the government is not being bold enough in its internet strategy, and more must be done to give UK the network it needs

  • Broadband

    Lords say UK's planned broadband network will not be fast enough

    Communications committee report says government's internet strategy is flawed and BT is designing a network that will stifle competition. By Juliette Garside
  • Whitehaven in Cumbria was the first town in the UK to switch over to digital

    TV should switch to internet, peers suggest

    The switch to digital television may be only the beginning, as a Lords committee says that all TV should be broadcast via the internet, leaving the airwaves free for mobile phones

  • Jarvis Cocker in BT broadband TV advertisement

    UK rural broadband network on hold as European commissioners dig in heels

    Consultants paid £3m by government help to design scheme in which just two suppliers are chosen, but Brussels wants rival firms to have access to infrastructure
  • Melanie Bell, at Bell Truck Services in Woodmansey, East Yorkshire.

    Kcom's fibre-optic rollout puts rural Yorkshire at forefront of 'digital spring'

    Hull telecom firm's network has ended 2mbps blackspots and, with speeds of 350mbps, allows IT firms to be based in villages
  • BT's fibre network

    BT urges long-term freedom from fibre price controls

    Firm tells Lords committee it is difficult to invest in high-speed telecoms network if regulatory regime keeps changing

  • Paul Batten, landlord at the Newfield Inn, Seathwaite,

    Broadband service to be withdrawn from Cumbrian communities

    Cable & Wireless Worldwide to cut 'uneconomical' broadband connection in Duddon Valley because public subsidy has ended
  • Letter from Virgin Media's Andrew Barron - full text

  • BT broadband

    BT broadband gets billions in subsidy, claims Virgin Media boss

  • Francesco Caio

    Live webchat: Francesco Caio on BT and Britain's broadband future

    Francesco Caio, a former chief executive of Cable & Wireless and one of the architects of the government's existing broadband strategy, will be here on Wednesday 16 May between 11.45am and 12.45pm (BST) to take part in a live Q&A. Post your questions now

  • Broadband Britain map

    UK broadband speeds 42% slower than advertised, survey finds

    Guardian investigation finds users facing blackspots, exposed copper lines and having to move home to keep businesses afloat

  • Broadband access can be a lottery depending on where you live.

    Web users stuck in the slow lane

    Internet providers often charge for speeds that have no resemblance to the connection customers receieve
  • Broadband Britain map

    Broadband speeds across the UK: how do you compare?

    We asked you to tell us how fast your broadband really is. This is what happened

  • High speed broadband fibreoptics

    Broadband Britain: how fast is your connection?

    Do you have a whizzy 52mbps or a dozy dialup? Help us crowdsource Britain's broadband speeds

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