Category: Broadband

We have effectively done a Lands End to John o' Groats virtual walk looking for Openreach FTTP on the way and found a surprising amount in the last couple of weeks.

Imagine what the lockdown period would have looked like in the 1980's before broadband and widespread access to mobile phones and all the things you would have missed highlight how important the work of those who have kept things running has been.

This months summary of where the UK and its regions stand with regards to broadband coverage is now available and the UK full fibre coverage figure stands at 13.58%.

The good news is properties in rural areas have a slightly higher chance of having FTTP available to them, but the bad news is that there is 10.5% of rural properties without a 30 Mbps option at all.

The massive product speed test results table we publish each month is showcasing how the various services across the UK performed during April 2020.

It will be difficult to order a FTTP service at this time in most cases, but it is worth highlighting a big contiguous chunk of Corby now has full fibre available to it.

Our regular weekly round ups of how the larger brooadband providers are performing continues with a look at Plusnet.

The picture of what people are buying broadband wise is changing slowly but surely and we add the latest Q1 2020 observations to our tracking of what has been happening since 2012.

The latest FTTH Council has published its latest review of the position of the European continent and the UK while still at the lower end of the charts is improving.

The utility of broadband is proving itself at this time and while getting FTTP installed is impossible or very difficult at this time once restrictions ease we are expecting a potential rush to improve speeds in some homes.