have a speed of under 5 megabits emails with attachments struggle to arrive at the other end video fister is a freelance communications consultant he says the situation is unacceptable especially as there is no improvement in sight. this city suggestion was that we clubbed together with neighbors and paid to have a fiber optic network fed it which is absurd because as residents we don't have to lay our own water pipes or power cables and the government says we have a right to fast internet service. back in the mountains the i.t. company says the problem has made it consider moving away but for now it's coping by using cables with the speed of 250 megabits per 2nd. that's fast but the company could easily use a 1000. and 3 t o's complained for ending it feels like the brakes are being put on us taken especially because the technology is already there. and it's up to the politicians to get the situation sorted out in equal mist so that the patchiness can give way to a properly smooth service sooner rather than later. now to some of the other business stories making headlines today amazon sh