“Broadband companies estimate that around 40 percent of these requests are ignored by landlords, leaving tenants unable to upgrade their services even if they’re unfit for use.”
New homes in England must now ship with gigabit connections, with costs capped at £2,000 per home. About 12 percent of 171,190 new builds lacked gigabit at completion. The bigger fix is for flats, where providers can go to court if a landlord ignores them for 35 days. Landlords were the bottleneck all along.