Category: Broadband

The reliance on copper in the last mile of connectivity to properties across the UK continues to decline and our tracking of the roll-outs shows 72% of premises can now order a full fibre service and ditch copper.

The push to 85% Gigabit connectivity may be in the past, but the roll outs have not stopped just yet. The question now is about how much higher will coverage go as networks seem to be overlapping each other more and more.

Updated analysis on budget and implications for broadband

We will try and keep track of what is being said in the budget related to broadband - if anything.

Now the UK has hit and passed the 85% Gigabit availability mark, we publish our latest summary of the two markets that Ofcom has divided the UK broadband market into, and the digital divide that exists between them.

Rural MPs have written to the government about Project Gigabit broadband funding and fear that it could be reallocated from rural areas to urban not-spots.

The availability of full fibre combined with DOCSIS 3.1 cable broadband reached the magical milestone of 85% on 1st October and with roll-outs continuing we are now up at 85.20% availability.

The gold standard for broadband technology that is full fibre is now available to some 71% of UK homes and businesses.

DSIT has published the evaluation of its Fibre in Water Project looking at how water pipes could be used to bring broadband services to hard to reach areas.

The bad news is that the full fibre roll-outs do appear to be slowing down. This is a combination of less providers actively rolling out and the reality that once you have the vast majority of a country covered lots more overbuild takes place.