WORTH Valley residents frustrated by years of slow Internet speeds have been told they can now look forward to a much better service.

Wireless internet service provider Boundless Networks says it has brought ultrafast wireless broadband to the district.

This provision is now available in Haworth, Stanbury, Oxenhope and Oldfield, and also further afield in Wilsden and Cross Hills.

A Boundless Networks spokesman said: "Residents and businesses have struggled for years with extremely poor broadband speeds that barely allow them to receive emails, let alone stream digital content.

"They can now enjoy broadband speeds they thought impossible. The benefits to the community are immeasurable.

"Poor broadband is the cause of many disadvantages, including putting children’s education at risk as they cannot do their homework properly. Faster broadband also allows smart TV use."

He explained that improved, fast broadband availability in the Worth Valley should make a dramatic difference to 15,385 residential properties and 1,263 business premises.

The company's chairman, David Hood, said: “We're really pleased to be the provider of ultrafast broadband to the Worth Valley.

"We're working with public officials, organisations, businesses and residents within the Worth Valley to ensure we deliver improved broadband to everyone requiring it.”

Boundless Networks has contracted Keighley-based business Pennine Plus as prime contractor for the installations in the area, drawing on its local knowledge of the community.

Pennine Plus managing director Geoff Higgins said: “It’s an incredible feeling to be a part of something such as this, to be able to provide people with what is nowadays considered a basic necessity of modern day life – broadband.

"Not only have we been able to deliver ultrafast broadband to a remote area, we’ve given people living there the means to become part of the digital era and join the rest of the world. We couldn’t be prouder of this achievement.”