Category: Broadband

The focus is currently on the 85% Gigabit target for end of 2025 but talk of a larger 2030 date seem to be growing.

The latest wave of Virgin Media O2 upgrades to enable DOCSIS 3.1 combined with full fibre roll-outs from a wide range of providers means the UK has reached the 60% Gigabit coverage milestone.

The Christmas adverts may be on TV but its time to look back to the previous month of October and see where across the UK the big gains in full fibre and Gigabit roll-outs have taken place.

A new record for the speed of seeing an extra percentage point in the UK full fibre journey, the jump to 28% has taken just 22 days compared to 28 days for the previous point.

Full Fibre is edging towards being more popular than ADSL/ADSL2+ in our what we see from public speed tests.

Our tracking of the UK position around FTTP updates every day and with the accelerated pace we've been finding services in the last few months the major milestones of 50% and 99.9% coverage are looking closer than previously thought.

The money the Government intends to bridge the gap between commercial Gigabit roll-outs and its 85% remains at £1.2 billion.

Back in June the urban areas of England and Wales had 43.58% Gigabit availability which has risen to 64.86% but the increase in rural areas was only an extra 6.61 percentage points.

Our analysis of the UK broadband market and how the various packages are peforming for the public in September 2021 shows Virgin Media leading the pack in its regular battle with the various full fibre services.

ISPA has revealed the three finalists in its Internet Hero category and they are Rory-Cellan Jones, Telecoms Infrastructure Project Team and Helen Milner OBE.