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| West Highlands worst in UK for broadband, MPs find | West Highlands worst in UK for broadband, MPs find |
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| The parliamentary constituency of Ross, Skye and Lochaber is the worst area in the UK for broadband, new figures show. | The parliamentary constituency of Ross, Skye and Lochaber is the worst area in the UK for broadband, new figures show. |
| A total of 65.6% of connections in the rural constituency were below the UK government's proposed minimum standard of 10 megabits per second (Mb/s). | A total of 65.6% of connections in the rural constituency were below the UK government's proposed minimum standard of 10 megabits per second (Mb/s). |
| Scotland had eight of the 20 worst performing areas, according to analysis by the British Infrastructure Group of MPs. | Scotland had eight of the 20 worst performing areas, according to analysis by the British Infrastructure Group of MPs. |
| It was closely followed by Wales with seven. | It was closely followed by Wales with seven. |
| MPs' analysis of download speed data recorded by Ofcom in 2016 found Scotland had the four worst performing parliamentary constituencies in the UK. | MPs' analysis of download speed data recorded by Ofcom in 2016 found Scotland had the four worst performing parliamentary constituencies in the UK. |
| More than 60% of connections in three other Scottish constituencies - Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Argyll and Bute and Orkney and Shetland - failed to reach download speeds of 10 Mb/s. | More than 60% of connections in three other Scottish constituencies - Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Argyll and Bute and Orkney and Shetland - failed to reach download speeds of 10 Mb/s. |
| 'On track' | |
| Kingston upon Hull East was the worst constituency in England for download speeds, with 56.8% of connections failing to hit the government's proposed universal service obligation. | Kingston upon Hull East was the worst constituency in England for download speeds, with 56.8% of connections failing to hit the government's proposed universal service obligation. |
| A Scottish Government spokeswoman said: "We are committed to delivering 100% superfast broadband access across Scotland by 2021. | |
| "This is the most ambitious commitment in the UK - focusing on delivery of speeds over 30mbps - whilst there is still no clarity from the UK government on how they intend to implement the proposed Universal Service Obligation for broadband - which will deliver just 10mbps. | |
| "Alongside our partners, we have invested over £410m in the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme and are on track to deliver fibre broadband access to at least 95% of premises across Scotland by end 2017, and that thanks to the programme around 780,000 premises have been connected to fibre." | |
| 10 worst constituencies for download speeds | 10 worst constituencies for download speeds |
| (Percentage of connections below 10 Mb/s) | (Percentage of connections below 10 Mb/s) |