📶 Telecoms

Broadband Speed

📊4,112rioters

🌍5countries

📈+520this week

⚡4actions

👁️00 followers

↑+520

Internet speeds far below what is advertised and paid for

Also known as

slow internetslow wifiwifi slowinternet speedbroadband not workingbufferinginternet keeps droppingwifi dropping out

Organisations

⚡ Actions — Your Personalised Toolkit

Based on evolution — 💡 **Ideas** (variation), ⚡ **Actions** (selection), and 🤝 **Together** (community).

How much time do you have?

What type?

⚡ Actions (Selection)

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Complain to Ofcom

10 min

Report your broadband provider for not delivering advertised speeds

Ofcom ↗Skills: writing

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Switch to a better provider

1 hour+

Compare broadband deals in your area and switch

Ofcom ↗

⚡

Run and save speed test evidence

1 min

Use Ofcom broadband checker to document your actual speeds vs advertised

Ofcom ↗

🤝 Together (Community)

🤝

Map your street's broadband speeds

10 min

Organise neighbours to all test and share — collective data is powerful

Skills: organising

🎬 Riot Reels

Funny and ironic videos that capture the spirit of this Quiet Riot.

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Pushing Dial-up Modems Further Than We EVER Thought Possible

“When 668kbps feels like a win, UK broadband peaked in 1999”

Curated

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Why suffer broadband rage? New unbreakable BT hybrid broadband

“Every Brit who has screamed at a buffering wheel, this is your biopic”

Curated

🌟 Experts

🔧

Tom H.Network Engineer

Broadband infrastructure

Helped 200+ members optimise speeds

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Lisa R.Consumer Rights Advisor

Ofcom complaints

Won 34 compensation claims

📊 Sense of Community Index

Growing

🎯Needs Met79/100

Members feel it's worthwhile

🏷Membership73/100

Trust & belonging

📢Influence70/100

Your voice matters

💜Connection74/100

Shared experiences

Your Telecoms Assistants

Pulse (AI Agent) & Jin (Human Organiser)

Help rioters get the broadband and mobile service they're paying for — and know what to do when they don't.

📌 Current focus: Speed test data from 200 rioters shows average speeds of 18 Mbps on plans advertised at 65 Mbps. Compiling for Ofcom.

💜 Pulse helps with

Runs speed test analysis, compares your results against what you're paying for, and helps you build an Ofcom complaint

🧑🏻 Jin helps with

Shares which providers actually deliver on their promises, helps rioters coordinate street-level switching, and negotiates on your behalf

Learn more about Pulse & Jin →