December 2020 update on broadband availability across the UK, nations and regions
A week ago we reported our full fibre tracking had reached a figure of 19.01% and seven days later it has risen to 19.19%. There is nothing remarkable about this rise in a week and while 19.19% for FTTP coverage is still a low figure compared to other countries such as Spain it does at least show that things are improving.
The good news is that the number of premises with only sub 2 Mbps and sub 10 Mbps connectivity options decreased across all the UK regions, even if in some cases it was not a big enough drop to give a 0.1 percentage point drop.
The bad news is that the North East is seriously lagging behind in terms of full fibre and Gigabit options.
| thinkbroadband analysis of Superfast, USC, USO and Full Fibre Broadband Coverage across the UK, its nations and regions for premises In descending order of Gigabit coverage - figures 7th January 2020 (change since 7th December 2020) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | % full and partial fibre based i.e. VDSL2, G.fast or FTTP or Cable | % superfast 30 Mbps or faster | % Ultrafast 100 Mbps or faster FTTP, cable, G.fast | Gigabit | % Full Fibre All Providers Openreach and KCOM FTTP | % Under 2 Mbps download | % Below USO 10 Mbps download |
| Northern Ireland | 99.4% | 89.5% (+0.1) | 68.9% (+1.5) | 68.65% | 60.27% (+1.58) 53.94% (+2.70) |
3.9% | 6.7% (-0.1) |
| 849,497 Premises | 844,020 | 760,723 | 585,279 | 583,189 | 511,980 458,258 |
33,478 | 56,978 |
| London | 98.4% | 97.6% (=) | 79% (+0.1) | 63.89% | 21.35% (+0.40) 9.06% (+0.16) |
0.1% | 0.5% (=) |
| 4,724,363 Premises | 4,649,237 | 4,608,840 | 3,731,658 | 3,018,456 | 1,008,562 427,989 |
4,177 | 21,951 |
| West Midlands | 99% | 97.8% (+0.1) | 73.8% (+0.5) | 49.25% | 16.94% (+0.64) 11.83% (+0.41) |
0.2% | 0.7% (=) |
| 2,949,087 Premises | 2,920,872 | 2,884,019 | 2,176,565 | 1,452,302 | 499,448 348,899 |
5,584 | 20,671 |
| Scotland | 98% | 94.5% (+0.1) | 56% (+0.7) | 44.29% | 16.99% (+0.82) 9.64% (+0.21) |
1.2% | 3.1% (=) |
| 2,757,780 Premises | 2,703,895 | 2,604,621 | 1,545,090 | 1,221,361 | 468,411 265,906 |
31,916 | 86,111 |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 98.9% | 97.2% (+0.1) | 67% (+0.4) | 37.52% | 25.68% (+1.18) 16.61% (+0.39)(includes KCom Lightstream) |
0.4% | 1% (-0.1) |
| 2,719,624 Premises | 2,689,395 | 2,644,310 | 1,848,549 |
1,020,337 | 698,268 451,725 |
9,727 | 27,562 |
| United Kingdom | 98.8% | 96.6% (+0.1) | 64.3% (+0.5) | 37.41% | 19.19% (+0.63) 12% (+0.39) (includes KCom Lightstream) |
0.5% | 1.4% (=) |
| 30,615,665 Premises | 30,235,228 | 29,566,677 | 19,691,784 | 11,451,968 | 5,873,638 3,674,509 |
150,825 | 424,868 |
| Great Britain | 98.7% | 96.8% (+0.1) | 64.2% (+0.5) | 36.51% | 18.01% (+0.62) 10.81% (+0.37)(includes KCom Lightstream) |
0.4% | 1.2% (-0.1) |
| 29,766,168 Premises | 29,391,208 | 28,880,954 | 19,106,505 | 10,868,779 | 5,361,658 3,216,251 |
117,347 | 367,890 |
| North West | 99.1% | 97.1% (=) | 61% (+0.3) | 36.43% | 17.44% (+0.49) 13.09% (+0.45) |
0.4% | 1.1% (=) |
| 4,138,683 Premises | 4,099,778 | 4,020,441 | 2,524,391 | 1,507,806 | 721,643 541,887 |
17,262 | 46,024 |
| England | 98.9% | 97.1% (=) | 66.4% (+0.5) | 36.28% | 18.09% (+0.59) 10.71% (+0.38)(includes KCom Lightstream) |
0.3% | 1% (=) |
| 25,505,823 Premises | 25,213,747 | 24,771,744 | 16,922,799 | 9,252,411 | 5,614,412 2,732,733 |
74,695 | 244,368 |
| South East | 99.3% | 97.7% (+0.1) | 64.8% (+0.4) | 30.17% | 16.42% (+0.63) 7% (+0.39) |
0.2% | 0.7% (=) |
| 2,298,916 Premises | 2,282,184 | 2,245,040 | 1,489,941 | 693,477 | 377,381 160,857 |
3,907 | 15,122 |
| Wales | 98.1% | 95.1% (=) | 42.5% (+0.5) | 26.29% | 18.56% (+0.54) 14.48% (+0.41) |
0.7% | 2.5% (=) |
| 1,502,565 Premises | 1,473,566 | 1,429,589 | 638,616 | 395,007 | 278,835 217,612 |
10,736 | 37,411 |
| East of England | 99% | 96.7% (+0.1) | 59.5% (+0.4) | 19.98% | 12.36% (+0.57) 7.22% (+0.5) |
0.3% | 1.1% (=) |
| 2,776,209 Premises | 2,747,887 | 2,684,674 | 1,650,779 | 554,607 | 343,234 200,366 |
8,800 | 30,338 |
| South West | 98.5% | 95.5% (=) | 55.9% (+0.3) | 19.77% | 18.71% (+0.33) 12.31% (+0.31) |
0.6% | 1.8% (=) |
| 3,751,857 Premises | 3,695,804 | 3,583,625 | 2,096,410 | 741,632 | 702,081 461,938 |
20,855 | 67,410 |
| East Midlands | 99.4% | 97.9% (+0.1) | 68.2% (+0.7) | 15.19% | 15.19% (+1.25) 8.32% (+0.76) |
0.2% | 0.7% (=) |
| 1,172,455 Premises | 1,165,584 | 1,147,973 | 800,105 | 178,124 | 178,124 97,585 |
2,465 | 7,622 |
| North East | 98.8% | 97.8% (=) | 62% (+0.5) | 8.79% | 8.79% (+0.71) 4.26% (+0.31) |
0.2% | 0.8% (=) |
| 974,619 Premises | 963,006 | 952,822 | 604,401 | 85,670 | 85,670 41,487 |
1,918 | 7,668 |
Comments
Wales
7/1/2021 1,429,589
7/12/2020 1,428,354
East Midlands
7/1/2021 1,147,973
7/12/2020 1,144,940
Not seeing decrease in figures you mention.
- andrew
- 14 days ago
Sorry they were errors comparing November and December.
Thank you, are Wales and East Midlands >30Mbps correct? Both have got worse over the previous month. 5k in Wales and 3k in East Midlands over the previous month.
Do all new premises identified start showing no Broadband?