Category: Broadband

Those who live or work in Devon and Somerset and have not got their Gigabit broadband voucher sorted out already will not be able to apply for the up to £4,500 of funding anymore.

The full fibre rollouts continue and while Openreach is the one building the most every month, the collective might of the alt-nets and Virgin Media O2 mean there is competition.

After waiting months it is now official the Gigabit broadband voucher scheme is open to applications in a limited number of urban areas.

The full fibre roll-outs continue at pace, with the most recent point taking 26 days to add to our dataset.

UK Broadband Report March 2025, covering UK broadband stats, broadband trends and contract buy-outs

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.