190,000 UK properties can't access broadband speeds to meet modern needs

Ofcom says about 0.6% of properties including homes and offices unable to access speeds of at least 10Mbps

Almost 200,000 forgotten homes" across the UK are being left behind in the government's digital revolution, unable to get broadband speeds deemed the minimum to meet a modern family's needs.

The telecoms regulator Ofcom has said that 190,000 mostly rural homes and offices, about 0.6% of all properties, still cannot access decent" broadband speeds of at least 10Mbps.