Using speed test data, consumer broadband advice site Cable.co.uk has identified the five slowest UK towns and villages - where broadband speeds are slower than at Mount Everest - and the five fastest, with average speeds between five and seven times those measured in California, home of Silicon Valley.
Miserden in Gloucestershire has an average broadband speed of 1.30Mbps, the slowest in the country.
The four other areas with the slowest average broadband speeds in the UK are the village of Ashwell in Hertfordshire (1.39Mbps), Ulverston (1.45Mbps), Gilsland village in Cumbria (1.86Mbps) and the village of Brent Knoll in Somerset (1.99Mbps).
In comparison, visitors to the Mount Everest base camp can access minimum speeds of 2Mbps via a satellite broadband connection.
In an online poll, the Evening Mail asked readers what their broadband speeds were like. A roughly equal number were as happy with the speeds at their home, as those who felt they were too slow.
On Facebook, we asked readers to have their say and let us know what their broadband speeds are like.
Karin Margaret Crossman said: “I live in the Croftlands and have no issues at all.”
Stuart Boyd agreed. He said: “What are they on about? I live in Ulverston town centre and get 40Mbps consistently.”
However, it appears other parts of Furness experience slow speeds too.
June Hutchings Eccles posted: “Newbarns, it’s so slow it packs in altogether.”
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