A Merseyside street has been revealed to have some of the slowest internet in the North West.
Residents of Caldbeck Grove, St Helens claim to suffer through days of waiting to download just one film due to their broadband speeds.
Company Uswitch released figures on the nation's broadband, naming Caldbeck Grove as the street with the slowest internet speeds in Merseyside, with average download speeds of just 0.75mbps.
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This figure is almost a hundred times slower than the national average download speed, which stands at 50.4mbps according to Ofcom, and pales in comparison to the North West's fastest street; West Gate in Fleetwood, which has download speeds of 841.85mbps on average.
The ECHO spoke to some residents of the street to gain an insight into life on the St Helens street, which sits close to the popular Carr Mill Dam.
Jamie Beaver who lives on Caldbeck Grove said: " [It takes] A good day and a half to download a film to be honest, and that’s for an hour film, I’ve never even rendered the thought of downloading a longer film."
Jamie also explained how many of the residents of the small cul-de-sac are older people who may not be as reliant on a fast internet connection.
Another resident told the ECHO: "The internet has always been slow since I moved here, luckily I don't use the internet so much so it doesn't really affect me that badly."
With several people on the street claiming to use Virgin Media as an internet service provider, the ECHO approached Virgin Media for a comment.
A Virgin Media spokesperson said: "We’ve looked at speeds received by customers in this street. All customers are receiving their full speeds. One customer was receiving slower than expected speeds (although still 300Mbps or more…) but this was sorted more than 6 weeks ago."
