The availability of full speed internet access in North Yorkshire's Coastal towns and villages is still lagging behind other areas.
OFCOM data shows that in September last year just 5 percent of houses in Scarborough, Filey and Whitby had access to full fibre broadband.
That's compared to 40 percent across England, 52 percent in York and 76 percent in the East Riding.
Councillor Greg White says North Yorkshire's NYNET scheme is helping to role out fibre broadband but does have limits.
OFCOM says that around 17.6m (71%) of homes in England now have access to a gigabit-capable broadband connection, an increase of 25 percentage points compared to the previous year. This includes full fibre and upgraded cable networks that can deliver download speeds of 1 Gbit/s or higher.
They also say that Full-fibre broadband is available to 10.1m (41%) of homes. This is 3.6 million more premises (14 percentage points) than a year ago.
The connected nations report for 2022 says that there are still homes and businesses in England without access to ‘decent’ broadband, but this number is decreasing, it estimates that around 40,000 commercial and residential premises in England are still without a decent broadband connection.
There are differences between urban and rural areas and this seems to be very noticeable in North and East Yorkshire where just five percent of homes in Scarborough, Filey and Whitby have access to full fibre broadband. That compares to 16 percent in Ryedale and 52 percent in York.
North Yorkshire Council says it is working with BT through it's broadband arm, NYNET, to improve the situation.
Councillor Greg White says there are limited funds and hard choices.
The council said engineering challenges have “intensified” in the past four years as its Superfast North Yorkshire project has extended into some of the most remote rural communities.
It added more than 190,000 premises have been upgraded over the past decade and that the digital network is now available to the majority of people in the county’s two national parks covering the Yorkshire Dales and the North York Moors.
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