Category: Broadband

Overlapping FTTP networks helps to ensure competition at the local access level and increases retail ISP choice of course. We shine our spot light on Swadlincote where Openreach and Virgin are busy rolling out.

The City of Hereford has seen its first large chunk of full fibre arrive via the Openreach Fibre First programme.

In the last 12 months the amount of full fibre available in the UK has gone from 22% to 35%, and if that pace holds up we are looking at over 70% in 2025.

The FTTP roll-outs continue with the next percentage point being added in 29 day.

The full fibre race is either accelerating or we are getting better at finding it as lots of activity and additions to our maps and coverage figures in the last month.

We hit the 33% mark eight days ago and we've now passed the 33.3% point for full fibre availability across the UK.

Northern Ireland has broke the 80% mark for full fibre coverage, courtesy of a chunk of rural FTTP from Fibrus in the Castlederg area.

While Ofcom is calling on broadband providers to do more to help those struggling to pay bills there is a much bigger problem looming due to the rises in electricity bills.

The village of Northleigh has managed to make use of Gigabit vouchers to get some 30 premises connected to the Openreach FTTP network but a further 90 are now stuck in a paperwork nightmare.

It has taken just 18 days for us to find the next percentage point of FTTP coverage in the UK.