{"id":21448,"date":"2017-07-30T01:13:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T00:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=21448"},"modified":"2017-07-30T01:13:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T00:13:16","slug":"slow-broadband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=21448","title":{"rendered":"Quick, Quick, Slow Broadband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 524px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 524\/713;margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; float: left; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Places in the UK where broadband is slow\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/bb_map.png\" alt=\"Places in the UK where broadband is slow\" width=\"524\" height=\"713\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>Extensive government research <a title=\"West Highlands worst in UK for broadband, MPs find\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-40757817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has identified several areas in the UK where broadband is quite slow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Note that the population density in the UK as a whole is over 270 people per square kilometre. The population density in the areas identified as having the slowest broadband &#8211; mainly the extremities of Scotland and rural Wales &#8211; is as low as 3-4 people per square kilometre (and in one area, 3-4 probably represents the average IQ of the population there as well).<\/p>\n<p>MPs are apparently planning next to spend a lot more money on identifying that it is darker at night than it is during the daytime, and that ice melts when it warms up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extensive government research has identified several areas in the UK where broadband is quite slow. Note that the population density in the UK as a whole is over 270 people per square kilometre. 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