Midlothian figures revealed: Is your broadband up to speed, or do you find you’re streets behind?

For some households in Midlothian, last year’s frustrations are set to continue with new figures revealing crippling broadband speeds in some neighbourhoods.

Across the local authority, broadband speeds range from a superfast 291.8 megabits (Mbps) per second to a snail-paced 0.4 Mbps, according to data from Uswitch.com.

It means potential work frustrations caused by delays and freezes.

And families using Zoom, Skype or Facebook to keep in touch with relatives and friends could be faced with annoying cut-outs and sound delays.

Average broadband speeds were collected in postcode areas in the 12 months up to October this year.

In total, nearly 400,000 tests were done.

They revealed, in Midlothian the postcodes with the slowest speeds were:

• EH26 8HY, in Penicuik, with an average speed of 0.4Mbps;

• EH26 8DQ, in Penicuik, average 2.3Mbps;

• EH22 1SW, in Dalkeith, average 2.6Mbps.

The postcodes with the fastest speeds were:

• EH22 2RB, in Dalkeith, average 291.8Mbps

• EH22 2AX, in Dalkeith, average 116.4Mbps

• EH19 2PF, in Bonnyrigg, average 51.9Mbps

Ernest Doku, broadband expert at Uswitch.com, said: “The digital divide that runs through Britain has grown dramatically in the last year, with the fastest street’s broadband more than 5,000 times quicker than the slowest street.”

He added: “It’s great that more of us are enjoying ultrafast broadband, but we don’t want to see large swathes of the country left behind on shoddy connections that aren’t suitable for modern life.”