Broadband too slow in more than a quarter of UK homes – report

Internet speeds in millions of households not fast enough to meet a typical family's needs

More than a quarter of UK homes do not have fast enough broadband to cope with a typical family's internet needs, such as downloading films and watching series on Netflix, according to a report.

Just over 26% of the UK's estimated 28 million households are getting by on speeds of less than 10Mbps, the level the media regulator, Ofcom, says is the bare minimum requirement for a modern household.