Over the past few months I have been campaigning with Cllr Matt Barney for better broadband coverage across the whole of Sutton Bonington.
After surveying residents, the results showed that the average download speed in Sutton Bonington was reported as 17mbps, with an average upload speed of 3mbps. This stands as a stark contrast to the UK average of 47mbps for downloads and 10mbps for uploads. Having seen that there was a definitive need for improvement, I met with both BT Openreach and separately with Dean Creamer, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Building Digital UK (BDUK) to discuss ways to improve the broadband speeds in the village.
I'll be continuing to work towards better broadband with residents, BT and Building Digital UK who are overseeing the Government’s Project Gigabit, which has seen the first part of a £5 billion package of support for the roll out of gigabit broadband to rural homes and businesses.