4G boost for Market Drayton
Residents in Market Drayton which has long struggled with poor phone signal and broadband speed can now access faster 4G mobile internet access.
Phone company EE has confirmed that 4G has been switched on in the town, two months after pledging to bring faster mobile internet to 92 per cent of the UK this year.
Alex Lomax, spokesman for EE said: “We recently upgraded our sites in Market Drayton to 4G to give our customers in the area access to the UK’s fastest mobile network.
“With 4G in more places than any other provider, our customers can do more with their smartphones and stay connected wherever they go.”
The news has been welcomed by Conservative parliamentary candidate for North Shropshire Owen Paterson, who has been campaigning for better mobile phone signal and internet.
Mr Paterson brought BT Openreach boss, Clive Selley, and EE representatives to the county earlier this year to see the problems for themselves.
At the time Mr Selley pledged to try to find solutions to improve connectivity in rural locations.
Mr Paterson said: "This is good news and I hope it partly down to the numerous meetings I have had with EE.
"Clive Selly from BT Open Reach has also been up to Market Drayton to see the problems for himself.
"It is good to have another success and there have been some real improvements but there is still al lot to do.”
