Category: Broadband

Another few weeks and another point of FTTP coverage has been notched up.

Fibrus has been awarded the next Project Gigabit contract which is looking to spend £108m to bring FTTP to 60,000 rural premises.

The broadband social tariffs are still fairly new and take-up is still low with only a few percent of the eligible 4 million on them, so the latest words on the tariff from BT might seem cap in hand but it is a talk that needs to happen.

With the full fibre roll-outs continuing at a pace no-one would have believed four years ago the UK broadband picture is rapidly changing and it looks like the more urban part of the UK will reach the 85% Gigabit level in late December or early/mid January 2023.

No fancy survey of 2,000 people to get the answer we were hoping for but rather a few tips we thought might be useful for people shopping around for a better broadband deal once home from work on Black Friday.

23 days after hitting 42% FTTP coverage the UK has reached the next small milestone of 43% full-fibre coverage.

While the Starlink low earth orbit service may have caught the media attention the incumbent and offer broadband operators in Ukraine are working hard to ensure the country retains access to broadband. Point Topic has taken a look at what is happening there.

With 404,637 premises gaining full fibre as an option for the first time in the last month the FTTP roll-outs are delivering much-improved broadband around the UK at a cracking pace.

The situation with new build homes has changed a lot in just two years, back in 2018 just 56.7% of homes had a FTTP broadband option when new and in 2022 this has risen to 98%.

The RT Hon Rishi Sunak, during questions in the House of Commons, has given a short update on the progress of Project Gigabit in the UK.