Residents of Scotland’s picturesque Tweed Valley village are up in arms at BTs failure to deliver faster broadband services. There are 350 households in the area and nearly all of them are online, yet speeds are estimated to be roughly 32 times slower than in neighbouring Peeblesshire.

In addition, 30 properties outside of the village have no broadband access at all. Sadly a recently held community meeting, which was organized by MP David Mundell and included BT, has failed to resolve the problem:


BT estimates that it would cost upwards of £500,000 to shorten the line and carry out additional work for faster broadband services. That's a lot of cash for such a small area and BT was not willing to cover the cost. Mundell now hopes to raise the issue with Ofcom.