Category: Broadband

While we await the bulk of the Project Gigabit contracts to be awarded, commercial roll-outs and older contracts form the bulk of any changes in broadband coverage across the UK.

It has taken us just two weeks to find enough newly built full fibre around the UK to add the next percentage point of coverage.

For those who've got bored of the same old poor customer service and incessant price rises, the rise of the alt-net full fibre providers in the UK offer increased choice, and with a quarter of the UK now covered, they are an increasingly widely available option.

The next percentage point of full fibre coverage has been reached after 33 days. We take our usual look at the worst ten councils across the UK for FTTP coverage.

The roll-outs of full fibre continue at a decent pace and if the pace of the last nine months is sustained we could see 85% FTTP coverage in October 2025, following on from hitting 85% Gigabit coverage in October 2024.

The July 2023 State of Broadband Report from thinkbroadband is here covering various key stats and trends about broadband and fibre in the different areas of UK broadband.

We take our monthly look at how the full-fibre roll-outs are progessing in Ofcom defined areas 2 & 3, i.e. parts of the UK where lots of competition is expected and those where people are likely to need either Government intervention or might just have one Gigabit network option.

Research undertaken on behalf of Cuckoo Broadband has found that two thirds of UK broadband users have not switched broadband providers in the past two years, and 20% have never switched at all. The research by Hummingbird Insights for Cuckoo asked a representative sample of almost 1,300 UK households about their broadband service.

We take our monthly dive into how broadband roll-outs are progressing across the nations and regions of the United Kingdom.

The last point of additional full fibre coverage has taken 26 days to pass and looking at the longer term pass the UK is on course for 85% full fibre coverage in August 2025.