Category: Broadband

Its not clear exactly why, it could be everyone placed switch orders the previous weekend, Storm Darragh causing chaos or people just prioritising other things in the run up to Christmas but the last weekend saw a drop in the number of broadband switches started.

Another month has passed and its time to see how much has changed across the nations and regions of the United Kingdom in relation to broadband footprints.

For those without access to a full fibre or Virgin Media cable the news that the average (mean) download speed in the UK is now 223 Mbps will feel like a distant dream.

Black Friday is now in the past and while a good many broadband offers still have time to run, the statistics from the One Touch Switching platform reveal for the first time the scale of public interest.

Worry, and complaints over spoilt views and the smell of creosote has seen three broadband poles on Thornesgate in Wakefield are no more now the poles have been removed from the pavement.

In the last 12 months full fibre has gone from 60.6% to 74.3% availability in the more urban Area 2 area of the UK. In the more rural area known as Area 3 the change has been from 55.1% to 68.2%.

We know the One Touch Switching process has removed some hurdles to people switching and 200,000 switches have been completed so far, but if Uswitch is correct this weekend is set to be a massively busy period.

Building Digital UK (BDUK) which is running Project Gigabit and the many procurements involved has published a November 2024 update on what has been accomplished since April 2024 and what to expect in the next few months.

Broadband Genie has updated its analysis of the speeds the public are experiencing across the UK with the slowest streets showing speeds of under 1 Mbps when the fastest streets are showing over 700 Mbps.

A research briefing looking at broadband policy and targets in the UK has been released by the government