We have published the second edition of our State of Broadband Report for July 2023 which covers UK broadband services, key statistics and latest trends. The data is based mainly on the live Local Broadband Statistics site we publish on labs.thinkbroadband.com/local alongside some analysis and graphics.
The latest report for July 2023 is available here:
The State of Broadband Report – July 2023
This month we are highlighting alt-net prices. Following increases in costs since last quarter, the stark contrast between mainstream providers and alt-nets is becoming clearer. Not only are alt-nets delivering broadband to hard-to-reach places, but they are also delivering faster services (especially upload speeds) at lower prices than the mainstream competitors.
Report Contents
- State of the Nations — Comparisons across the four nations and English Regional breakdown for Superfast, Gigabit and Full Fibre coverage
- Local Authorities – Winners & Losers — Top 20 and Bottom 10 local authorities for full fibre rollout, including top 5 councils for an increase in FTTP build rates.
- Progress towards government targets — UK-wide and national breakdown of progress towards 85% Gigabit, 85% FTTP
- Largest Full-Fibre Networks — Competition within alt-nets is increasing; we recap the largest alt-nets showing how significant CityFibre, Virgin Media RFOG, Hyperoptic and Community Fibre are compared to the rest.
- Relative Market Share — We review the year-on-year market shares of the top 5+ providers.
- Average Consumer Fibre Prices — Benchmarch for pricing for services at various speeds; includes a review of price increases in April.
- Altnet Fibre Pricing — Comparison between altnets for FTTP products and their pricing
- Social Tariff Pricing — A breakdown of social tariffs from the larger providers / altnets
- Broadband Speed Requirements — Exactly how fast a broadband service do you need? We’ll recap the guidance for various services from YouTube, Netflix, Zoom to online gaming.
The next update is expected around late October 2023.
Altnets may be challengers in terms of market share, however they are a key part of the UK broadband economy:
If you are looking for previous reports, these can be found on our UK broadband report page.
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The circles should reflect the size by area, not radius?
@Somerset – I actually raised that with designer albeit not specifically using those terms more what it seemed to my eye.. will have to ask again for next one .. I didn’t calculate it 🙂