| 28 April 2021
More than double the number of UK households are opting for super-fast broadband (more than 60mbps) since the start of the pandemic, according to research from comparethemarket.com.
The study found that households were searching for faster broadband options to cope with working from home: the first month of 2021 saw 80% of households who switched choosing broadband download speeds of more than 60mbps, compared with 34% at the start of 2020.
The increase in uptake of faster broadband packages has been accelerated by the onset of the pandemic and millions of households forced to work from home and attend school online, until recently. In January 2019, only 15% of households were switching to super-fast broadband deals.
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