The Gazette ran this survey from the beginning of September 2007 and the results for the first two months were published in the November edition.
Of 32 responses, four couldn't get broadband at all, and over 90 per cent were getting average speeds of under 2Mb/s, although the UK averages were even then over 4Mb/s.
Further results through to 2011 show very little improvement locally despite the improvement of the UK national average to over 6Mb/s by mid 2011.
A clear picture of the poor speeds in the valley area compared to, say, Bristol, Bath and Radstock, where speeds of over 30 Mb/s are available, can be seen at
www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/broadband_speed_in_uk.aspx
Specific results for valley villages can be shown on local maps via the same site. These show how bad speeds are in areas a long way from exchanges, for example Bishop Sutton from its Chew Magna exchange, can be.
In November 2011 the vast majority of subscribers there who have submitted test results are still getting speeds under 2Mb/s with many still under 1Mb/s.
The Gazette print edition continues to run regular reports on progress, or lack of it, towards 'superfast' speeds, and the funding issues etc.
RJ Nov 2011
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