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Coronavirus has claimed the lives of more than 462 people across Hull and the East Riding - victims of a pandemic that has touched every corner of the world.
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Wednesday, 30th December 2020, 1:35 pm
Across the East Riding, broadband speeds range from a superfast 302.5 megabits (Mbps) per second to a snail-paced 0.4 Mbps. Photo: PA Images
Across the local authority, broadband speeds range from a superfast 302.5 megabits (Mbps) per second to a snail-paced 0.4 Mbps, according to data from Uswitch.com.
It means families using Zoom, Skype or Facebook to speak to relatives and friends could be faced with annoying freezes, cut-outs and sound delays.
Meanwhile, those downloading movie classics could be left waiting up to 120 hours, compared to just one minute 20 seconds in neighbourhoods with the fastest speeds.
The average broadband speeds were collected in postcode areas with more than 50 addresses through at least one test in the 12 months up to October this year. In total, nearly 400,000 tests were done.