A dance school says a reliable broadband connection for the small village where it is based means routines are no longer disrupted by music stopping unexpectedly.
Halkirk's speeds are now 3,000 times faster on average following a fibre optic upgrade, which dance teacher Tanya Horne said meant fewer interruptions when streaming tunes.
The community of 950 people has gone from a speed of 2.8 megabits per second (Mbps) – one of the slowest in the UK – to up to 8,000 Mbps, according to the company that installed it.
Ms Horne said: "We'd got used to having bad broadband – the music would just cut out. We don't need to worry about that now."
Communications watchdog Ofcom defines "decent broadband" as a connection providing at least 10 Mbps download speed and 1 Mbps upload speed from a fixed-line connection.
It said the average download speed for rural areas of the UK was 56 Mbps.
