Category: Broadband

Everyone does their charts based on download speed with upload as an after thought or perhaps contributing a bit to an overall score. We put upload front and centre in our quick look at our Q3 2020 speed test results.

It is early this quarter due to the smaller number of new homes appearing but it is time to share what broadband services people buying a brand new home can expect.

The latest council area to join the short list of councils where over half of premises have access to an FTTP option now has the East Riding of Yorkshire in it, largely due to the KCOM expansion.

The FTTP roll-outs from several providers in Milton Keynes has pushed the local authority past the 80% mark with 82.22% of premises now able to order FTTP.

A range of workers in the telecoms and broadband sector have been honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2020.

The broadband USO is in the limelight again as the Digital Minister has acknowledged he is aware of the high quotes some people are getting.

This roll-out update continues the trend of other months, with full fibre access increasing at a good rate but it currently takes several months for there to be even a 0.1 point increase in superfast coverage across the UK.

Our tracking of the numerous FTTP roll-outs has lifted the UK coverage total to 17% and this is taking into account the 1% of premises where there are two or more FTTP infrastructure options.

It is time to look at how the many broadband services have performed for the public in the last month.

The total number of premises where Openreach FTTP is available to order has reached 3,001,154.