NI Broadband Service Criticised

Northern Ireland has a few of the lowest broadband speeds in the UK and moreover has the top commission of households running low-speed broadband.

It has moreover been suggested that Belfast internet users can design a ample faster broadband speed than a consumer in counties Fermanagh or Down.

Mobile phone users in NI experience a poorer coverage compared to the rest of the UK. Just 54% of mobile phone users here enjoy 3G coverage.

In the rest of the UK it is 95%.

The University of Ulster is propelling broadband and mobile phone users in Northern Ireland to exhibit how great their service unequivocally is and if they are cheerful with it.

Ofcom say Northern Ireland has the top accessibility of super-fast broadband services (running on top of 24Mbits/sec) but the same inform reveals that a entertain of consumers cannot even obtain a tenth of that speed.

The median speed in Belfast is 8.9Mbits/sec but it is only 4.3Mbits/sec in Fermanagh.

"The role of this consult is to pick out the areas that are losing out, by getting send feedback and indication from consumers by an internet-based consult ," mentioned Gerard Parr, highbrow of telecommunications engineering at the university.

"We wish to establish the broadband access rates and mobile phone vigilance coverage incident opposite the Province.

"We wish to takeover observations and feedback on the high quality of the broadband or mobile service consumers are reception and the effect this is having on their high quality of life, for example: leisure, entertainment, every day work, work creation, accessing new markets, farming encouragement or children's education."