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UK Broadband Report

Welcome to the latest edition of our State of UK Broadband Report, with regular statistics, key developments and some exclusive statistics.

The July 2026 State of UK Broadband Report is available in HTML format.

July 2026 — Summary

This is the seventh edition of the UK Broadband Report, and we’ll provide the usual updates on the state of the nations, fibre and gigabit progress towards UK government targets, prices for the large retail providers (along with their market share) and alt-nets. We have also updated the Fibre Overbuild matrix along with the Alt-net Financial Backers.

Report Contents

• The State of Broadband — The main findings and headline UK statistics.
• State of the Nations — Full-fibre, gigabit and superfast coverage across the UK nations and English regions.
• Progress Towards Government Targets — Updated projections for reaching 85% and 95% FTTP coverage.
• Largest Full-Fibre Networks — Our assessment of the largest individual and potentially combined fibre footprints.
• Relative Market Share — Estimated subscriber bases and market positions of the major retail providers and altnets.
• Average Consumer Fibre Pricing — A benchmark of prices from the largest national providers.
• Altnet Pricing — A comparison of packages offered by alternative network operators.
• Fibre Overbuild — The proportion of premises with access to multiple FTTP networks.
• Fibre Overbuild by Provider — Our updated matrix showing overlap between individual networks.
• Altnets: The Financial Backers — The equity investors, lenders and other financial arrangements behind the largest altnets.
• Broadband Speed Requirements — Guidance on the speeds needed for common online activities.
• Types of Broadband and Glossary — An explanation of the technologies and terminology used throughout the report.

The next update is expected in Autumn/Winter 2026.

Previous reports are available here:

Q3/2025 – September 2025
Q1/2025 – March 2025
Q3/2024 – July 2024
Q1/2024 – January 2024
Q3/2023 – July 2023
Q1/2023 – March 2023