Local businesses, councillors and MPs for the Welsh town of Cardigan are reportedly up in arms over the slowness of BTs broadband service to the area. Businesses claim to be losing money because, at busy times, the areas speeds become so slow that Internet access feels almost crippled.

The MP for Ceredigion, Mark Williams, and town mayor, Cllr Mark Cole, are now both getting behind a new campaign to make BT aware of the problem and have the local telephone exchange upgraded.


However BT claims that it is not aware of any particular issue of slowness in the area, though they have pledged to investigate. The operator is also encouraging customers to check with their ISP first, as opposed to laying all the blame solely at its feet. Tamsin Wright is collating evidence from local businesses for the campaign - email her here: tamsin@mwldan.co.uk .