Angry villagers upset over slow broadband speeds burn effigy of BT Openreach van


Villagers mucked together for the creation CREDIT: THOMAS HEYWOOD/SWNS

Residents living in Templeton, Devon, said they were struggling with speeds of less than 1 megabyte so took out their anger at a bonfire.

Roger Linden told the BBC that villagers have tried to raise the issue with BT.

The company, however, admitted it was finding the rollout of fibre broadband “more challenging” due to its rural location.


Villagers burned an effigy of a BT Openreach van over frustrations with slow broadband CREDIT: THOMAS HEYWOOD/SWNS

Villagers also said they were struggling to stream content with an internet speed of 0.7 megabytes per second, and could only browse the internet occasionally.

The effigy also changed the wording of “Openreach” to “Won’t reach” due to the failure so far to find a resolution to their woes.

Source: Angry villagers upset over slow broadband speeds burn effigy of BT Openreach van 

Hey WISPs serving rural locations, what is the average bandwidth you serve? Any stories about angry customers you’d like to share :smiley: ?