Villagers surf first wave of superfast broadband service

Abigail Boland, 18, lives at one of the first of up to 280 households in the village that will take part and switched her laptop on yesterday to try it.

With speeds of up to 100Mbps – more than twice as fast as BT’s Infinity fibre service available in parts of the UK – KC’s superfast fibre optic broadband will allow customers be able to download an entire music album in less than two seconds, an hour-long television show in just 31 seconds and a full high-definition movie in one to two minutes.

Customers taking part in the trial will not be charged extra but will be asked to report back to KC to tell them about their experience.

Engineers began installing fibre-optic cables to replace its copper network in July, allowing 15,000 homes in East Yorkshire to benefit from broadband speeds 10 times faster than currently available.

The new technology means households will be able to stream videos, high definition TV, websites and other online services to multiple devices like PCs, iPads and TVs, simultaneously and with excellent picture quality, the firm said.