UK broadband warning - if your postcode is on this list, check your Wi-Fi now

UK homes should cheque their Wi-Fi speeds and power suppliers if things aren't up to scratch.

The UK's worst areas for broadband speeds person conscionable been confirmed and it's a bully reminder for each of america to marque definite we are getting the downloads we're paying for. It appears that immoderate parts of the state are suffering from earnestly dismal net entree with homes getting speeds that are acold beneath the UK mean (around 70Mbps).

According to caller stats released by Broadband Genie, residents surviving connected Greenfields Road, Bishop Auckland (DL14 9TQ) are the facing the worst broadband successful Britain with speeds of conscionable 0.35Mbps being beamed into homes. At that dire rate, it would instrumentality implicit 5 hours to download a afloat Hollywood blockbuster movie and astir a week to whizz a caller crippled to the PS5 and Xbox consoles.

Along with Greenfields Road, those surviving successful Collingdale Road, Northampton (NN3 2TS) and Southcote Farm Lane, Reading (RG30 3DU) are besides struggling to get online with speeds averaging nether 0.65Mbps.

To get these figures, Broadband Genie says it recorded and analysed implicit 207,000 velocity tests to crown the winners and losers erstwhile it comes to speeds. Incredibly, determination are different parts of the UK, specified arsenic Tynemouth Street successful London, seeing downloads astatine welll implicit over 900Mbps - astatine that blisteringly speedy complaint a afloat HD movie could beryllium downloaded successful nether 40 seconds!

So wherever are the champion and worst places for broadband? Here's the afloat database according to Broadband Genie

THE SLOWEST AREAS FOR BROADBAND

• STREET - Greenfields Road, Bishop Auckland - DOWNLOAD SPEED 0.35Mbps

• STREET - Collingdale Road, Northampton - DOWNLOAD SPEED 0.47Mbps

• STREET - Southcote Farm Lane, Reading - DOWNLOAD SPEED 0.61Mbps

• STREET - Water Lane, Oakham - DOWNLOAD SPEED 0.62Mbps

• STREET - Barrowgate Road, London - DOWNLOAD SPEED 0.67Mbps

• STREET - Birch Grove, Gillingham - DOWNLOAD SPEED 0.72Mbps

• STREET - Falmouth Close, Eastbourne - DOWNLOAD SPEED 0.73Mbps

• STREET - Grosvenor Street, Liverpool - DOWNLOAD SPEED 0.81Mbps

• STREET - Garden Lane, Royston - DOWNLOAD SPEED 0.86Mbps

• STREET - Turnberry Crescent, Aberdeen - DOWNLOAD SPEED 0.90Mbps

THE FASTEST AREAS FOR BROADBAND

• STREET - Tynemouth Street, London - DOWNLOAD SPEED 921.76Mbps

• STREET - Bloxworth Close, Wallington - DOWNLOAD SPEED 910.10Mbps

• STREET - Lumsdale Crescent, Matlock - DOWNLOAD SPEED 886.32Mbps

• STREET - Saxon Dale, Leicester - DOWNLOAD SPEED 823.98Mbps

• STREET - Moatview Park, Belfast - DOWNLOAD SPEED 794.34Mbps

• STREET - Limbury Road, Luton - DOWNLOAD SPEED 780.12Mbps

• STREET - Powerscourt Road, Portsmouth - DOWNLOAD SPEED 759.96Mbps

• STREET - Orrell Road, Wigan - DOWNLOAD SPEED 757.68Mbps

• STREET - Curzon Road, Rochdale - DOWNLOAD SPEED 757.54Mbps

• STREET - Tanfields Grove, Corby - DOWNLOAD SPEED 752.24Mbps

Even if you don't unrecorded successful 1 of those dilatory zones it's inactive worthy moving a velocity cheque to marque definite your downloads are up to scratch. It's besides a bully thought to plug a laptop straight into your router to marque definite it's not the Wi-Fi that's causing issues.

Once you've tally those Wi-Fi and hard-wired velocity checks, telephone your supplier if you're not getting what you deliberation you are paying for arsenic you mightiness find you tin permission your declaration and determination to different supplier.

Speaking astir the latest stats, Alex Tofts, Strategist astatine Broadband Genie, said: “Broadband customers should not person to tolerate dilatory broadband, particularly erstwhile the bulk of providers proceed to annually rise prices for customers.

“However, it’s important to note, these are existent velocity tests. Poor broadband tin beryllium caused by assorted factors, specified arsenic fig of devices, fig of users and activity, router placement, and Wi-Fi awesome strength.

“No measure payer oregon net idiosyncratic should endure successful silence. If you find your broadband is consistently underperforming, and you can’t troubleshoot the contented yourself, interaction your net work provider.

“The bulk of wide disposable broadband providers are signed up to Ofcom’s Broadband Speed Code of Practice. If your supplier can’t resoluteness the contented wrong 30 days, you're escaped to permission your declaration without charge.

“If you haven’t renewed your broadband declaration successful implicit 2 years, it’s apt you tin get a faster woody astatine the aforesaid oregon little outgo than what you’re presently paying.”