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Scotland has dominated a list of the top ten worst areas for internet connection in the UK, with the top four areas all being found north of the border.
The country topped the list with half the overall entries and the Orkney Islands were deemed as having the worst internet access in Scotland and the UK, according to new research.
The study by casino experts AskGamblers.com analysed new Ofcom data on download speeds and access to Superfast and Ultrafast broadband in the UK’s 376 local authorities, and created an index to discover which areas had the worst internet connection of all.
Orkney Islands has the lowest percentage of premises connected to Superfast Broadband (64.3% compared to the UK average of 94%) and has just 1% of households with Ultrafast Broadband (compared to the UK average of 59%).
Residents of Orkney Islands also face the slowest download speeds in the UK, at just 34.8 Megabits per second – the UK standard is 58.2 Megabits per second.
Top 10 areas with the worst internet connection:
Area
Rank
Median download speed (Mbit/s)
SFBB availability (%)
UFBB availability (%)
Overall index score
ORKNEY ISLANDS
1
37.4
64.3
1.1
8.8
SHETLAND ISLANDS
2
41
69.7
2.1
9.8
ARGYLL AND BUTE
3
42.7
78.1
1.8
10.3
NA H-EILEANAN SIAR
4
44.8
75.7
4.5
10.6
TORRIDGE
5
44.4
80.6
6.1
11
EDEN
6
47.2
80.6
6.1
11.2
MID DEVON
7
43.5
78.2
10.9
11.2
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
8
44.8
85.4
8
11.4
SCARBOROUGH
9
45.6
93.7
3.8
11.5
NORTH NORFOLK
10
46.5
90.6
6.3
11.6
The Orkney Isles were closely followed by Shetland with just 2.1% of premises on the islands having access to Ultrafast broadband, compared to the UK average of 59%.
Argyll and Bute placed third and Na H’Eilenan Siar (the Western Isles) came fourth on the list, while Dumfries and Galloway also has some of the poorest internet in the UK.
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