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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Technology
David Laister

Brownlee brothers to help Quickline bring rural communities up to speed with broadband

Celebrated triathletes the Brownlee brothers have teamed up with East Yorkshire’s Quickline Communications to promote its game-changing rural broadband.

Alistair and Jonny Brownlee are working with the Willerby specialist to spread the word about the company’s rural roll-out, with the starting pistol to be fired on a first-ever television advertising campaign next month.

Elder brother Alistair famously helped Jonny over the finish line at the World Triathlon Series in Mexico in 2016, a selfless act that instantly became one of the defining images of modern-day sport. And the Willerby team see that move by Alistair to make sure Jonny wasn’t left behind as reflecting Quickline’s approach to digital connectivity outside major towns and cities.

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