Telford beats most of the UK to reach super-fast Internet threshold

Comparison website uSwitch’s independent study of Britain’s 50 largest cities and towns, found Telford came the closest to the super-fast Internet threshold. With an average download speed of 23Mbps, Telford comes close to the national record of 26Mbps.
 
Telford claims to be the fastest growing town in the Midlands and is set to become the first urban area where Internet speeds pass the official super-fast threshold of 24 megabits per second.
 
The UK government’s strategy is to bring super-fast connection to 95 per cent of Britain by 2017.
 
“This is a big milestone and we hope it will be the start of many more supest cities to come,” said Marie Louise Abretti, telecoms expert at uSwitch. “It’s the perfect storm of the infrastructure being there and people being prepared to sign up to contracts to use the infrastructure.”
 
Sarah Bird, Business Tourism Manager at Meet Telford and Shropshire, said: “This independent research proves that Telford is not only leading the way in super-fast broadband but also planning for a new event generation in which technology is king.
 
“Generation Y is emerging and the event delegates of the future will be armed with the latest online gadgets and plugged-in 24/7. This latest development is a direct result of the high quality and extensive broadband infrastructure that Telford has invested in. The speed significantly exceeds the national average, and Telford even beats connections in London.”
 
Meet Telford & Shropshire is a public-private partnership, and part of Telford and Wrekin Council, representing more than 50 organisations spanning hotels, conference centres, resorts, academic institutions, transport providers, caterers, events managers and entertainment providers.
 
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