Category: Broadband

Following problems accessing DrayTek's website to download firmware updates, we have mirrored key ones.

Ofcom is predicting 96% full fibre coverage by 2027, our projection based on previous build rates suggests 95% in November 2026 and analysis of the BDUK Project Gigabit data suggests 94% in 2027.

FTTP continues to be rolled out and Harlow is now the second worst council area of the UK if you desire a full fibre service.

The global broadband picture is predicted to mean there is 1.614 billion subscribers by 2030 and the Point Topic prediction is slightly lower than their prediction a year ago.

Some contracts are set to deliver more and some less, as there are four lots where the contract parameters have changed.

We have extended the information that showed basic OMR status on our broadband maps to now show the BDUK contract status data.

After the big data drop for all addresses across England and Wales and what the OMR status BDUK has now released additional data that gives some idea of if Gigabit broadband is available now or whether on the way i.e. more detail than the simple OMR Grey status.

As part of the Swansea Bay City Deal which has a £25 million digital infrastructure programme the search is underway for a partner to deliver broadband fit for the IoT future.

Over half a million premises have been added to the Openreach FTTP footprint in the last month, taking the footprint we have mapped to 17.4 million premises.

Our broadband maps have had the Scottish OMR data added to them, so that Project Gigabit status for every address is visible across Great Britain.