Britain can be a country that connects

We are building the evidence, policy and public pressure needed to get better mobile infrastructure delivered.

A modern mobile telecommunications mast
A mobile small cell integrated into a street-light column

Get the infrastructure Britain needs built

Mobile connectivity is essential infrastructure. The rules and decisions that shape it should reflect its value to the people, businesses and public services that rely on it.

Make delivery faster. Routine upgrades should be quicker and more certain, while decisions on new masts should recognise the public value of better connectivity.

Make better design a route to consent. Well-designed, technically sound infrastructure should face a faster and more predictable path through the planning system.

Use the full picture. Coverage predictions should be considered alongside whether connections succeed, how they perform under demand and what people report on the ground.

Give supporters a voice. People who need better coverage should have a practical way to make the case for the infrastructure that will deliver it.

Turn a bad connection into evidence

Use our free app to test download speed, upload speed and latency, or record a whole journey. When you choose to contribute a result, it strengthens the aggregated evidence shown on our public map.

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The You page in the Buffering Britain app
A completed Buffering Britain mobile connection test showing a poor result
  1. Test a place or record a journey in our app.
  2. Choose to add the result to our aggregated public map.
  3. We use the evidence to challenge decision-makers and press for change.
Map of the United Kingdom coloured by the mobile reports received by Buffering Britain
25,677 reports and counting

Explore The Evidence

Our map brings together results people choose to send from our app. You can see what has been reported in your area, while we use the same evidence to show politicians and decision-makers where mobile connections are failing.

Explore Our Map

Gather evidence. Develop solutions. Campaign for reform.

Our app and map are building a public record of where connections fail, including the places headline coverage figures miss.

Our research examines the economic cost of poor mobile performance, the rules that delay infrastructure and the practical changes that could get better networks delivered.

We use that evidence to make the case to ministers, Parliament, regulators, councils and the mobile industry, while giving supporters clear ways to help.

Read our mobile congestion research

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