More Norfolk residents can now access full fibre broadband, however, coverage varies greatly across the country.
That’s according to new figures from Ofcom, which has found that almost three quarters of people living in north Norwich can now get the fastest Internet connections, up from 48.8 per cent last year.
But in north Norfolk, less than 17 per cent of residents have access, while the figure for those in south Norfolk is 40.5 per cent, a slight increase from 37.6 per cent a year ago.
More than 56 per cent of residents in south Norwich have access to full fibre networks, while in Great Yarmouth faster connectivity has almost doubled, from 23 per cent coverage to just under 42 per cent.
In 2023, Ofcom found that every district in the county was in the bottom half of its UK league table for full fibre accessibility.
Jane James, Conservative county councillor responsible for innovation, said, "Over 97 per cent of Norfolk has superfast broadband connection, which is great, until you realise superfast is only 24Mb per second."
James said that her team have been lobbying for the whole county to get better connectivity and was hoping to enlist the help of the new MPs representing Norfolk to lobby the new government for more support.
James added that her officers were also collecting data about mobile phone signals, using trackers on the county's bin lorries to collect information about 5G connections.
She said, "We need the evidence to make sure what they say they're providing they are actually providing."