Shrewsbury MP presses Government over gigabit broadband coverage for county

Shrewsbury's Conservative MP, Daniel Kawczynski, raised the issue in the House of Commons.

Data, from May 2021, indicates that broadband speeds in the constituency of Shrewsbury and Atcham are lower than the national average. In response, Julia Lopez minister at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, said the department’s Mid-West Shropshire procurement is going to be awarded in April to June this year.

OfKawczynski There are not enough masks within Shrewsbury which is difficult to get coverage even in the town centre

Love it, fast as lightening ⚡️

Mine is shocking. 1MB download and upto 7MB Download. Thats Alberbury with supposedly no fibre available.

Our dedicated Shropshire site shows where Gigabit capable broadband is being deployed. FibreHeroes VXFiberUK virginmedia swsbroadband ExascaleUK WeAreOpenreach UKAirband are all deploying FTTP networks across Shropshire but agree rural needs more!

I’m guessing Daniel has never heard of Virgin Media, VX Fibre or Fibre heroes, all of which are deployed gigabit class fibre across Shrewsbury right now. Come on DKShrewsbury_MP keep up! FibreHeroes VXFiberUK virginmedia

Yes I am and reliable virginmedia

Having been cut off for 6 days by Openreach not bothering to react when I told them a tree was going to down my line, bought a GSM amplifier for beefing up mobile signal and at end of contract going to go microwave. Giga speeds not needed by most people

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