Residents and businesses in Medway (Kent, South East England), which has a combined urban and rural population of over 250,000 people, can now access symmetric superfast broadband ISP speeds of up to 40Mbps via a new high-powered Wi-Fi provider called Medwave.

Medwave.co.uk, which first launched last year, has since expanded and is now able to cover rural villages on the Hoo peninsula and central Chatham. Its primary focus is upon areas where BT and Virgin Media cable have refused to go.

The service itself costs £99 inc. VAT to install (note: this can be cut by 50% if you take a 24 instead of 12 month contract) and domestic service prices start from £19.95 per month for a 10Mbps download speed (2Mbps uploads).


It should be said that Medway itself is by no means an isolated region, although according to Ofcom some 13.8% of people in the area still receive less than 2Mbps. Fixed line superfast broadband services are also already available to 77% and the average sync speed is 8.2Mbps (actual real-world performance will be lower).