More than 65% of connections in Ross, Skye and Lochaber were below target speeds of 10mb/s.
The parliamentary constituency of Ross, Skye and Lochaber is the worst area in the UK for broadband, new figures show.
A total of 65.6% of connections in the rural constituency were below the UK government’s proposed minimum standard of 10 megabits per second (Mb/s) .
Scotland had eight of the 20 worst performing areas, according to analysis by the British Infrastructure Group of MPs.
It was closely followed by Wales with seven.
MPs’ analysis of download speed data recorded by Ofcom in 2016 found Scotland had the four worst performing parliamentary constituencies in the UK.
More than 60% of connections in three other Scottish constituencies – Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Argyll and Bute and Orkney and Shetland – failed to reach download speeds of 10 Mb/s.
Kingston upon Hull East was the worst constituency in England for download speeds, with 56.8% of connections failing to hit the government’s proposed universal service obligation.
(Percentage of connections below 10 Mb/s)
