It's no mystery to anyone - connecting small coastal villages to broadband (let alone superfast broadband) is definitely not a piece of cake.

The narrow roads, the complex geography, the "natural" sidewalks as opposed to actual pavements, all of these factors make the situation more unattractive to main stream internet service providers.

However Cornwall-based coastal village of Polperro has been saved by its local Methodist church, seeing as it was not economically viable (nor possible) for BT to set up one of its fibre optic broadband cabinets (FTTC) anywhere nearby.

However, the grounds that belong to the local Methodist church have become the key in deploying superfast broadband, seeing as BT was able to set up a fibre optic cabinet which now successfully connects the villagers to broadband speeds of 67Mbps on average.

The Manager of BTOpenreach Local Network division, Mark Morris, said that without the help of the Methodist Church, Polperro would probably not see or smell superfast broadband for a very long time.

According to him "it was really the only location which was viable. Thank heaven, they were tremendously helpful and allowed us to go ahead."

Not many villagers have been connected as yet (around 20) but the number is set to grow seeing as this still is only a freshly launched service.