Category: Broadband

Another percentage. point of full fibre coverage has been added to our tracking of all that is broadband across the UK.

We have added two new layers to our broadband maps to make it easier for people to see whether FTTP is available in an area or not.

1 in 10 of those properties that can get full fibre have a choice of a second full fibre network now.

After a few people have asked and we added it our todo list a change has filtered through to our broadband coverage stats.

The aim for nationwide Gigabit broadband availability by 2030 is not new and 5G while seen as part of that it has until now not had a specific coverage target.

The full fibre roll-outs continue and that means we can report the jump from 30% to 31% taking 36 days.

Point Topic has published a map for England and Wales showing how broadband pricing varies between £11.75/m to £39.99/m for the entry level package available in different areas.

The last 31 days has seen the Openreach FTTP footprint grow to 6,028,369 premises based on what we have found.

The latest broadband figures from our model of what is and is not available across the UK shows full fibre is available to some 9.45 million premises and 950,000 have a choice of two different FTTP networks.

With the likelihood that the gas and electricity price caps will rise substantially in February it seems likely that many broadband users will hunker down and search out the cheapest deals rather and stick with older slower but marginally cheaper broadband packages.