Category: Broadband

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.

Continuing our weekly feature on broadband speeds we share the data points at a daily resolution for speed test visitors using Sky Broadband.

While getting brand new services installed at this time is harder, due to safe distance rules impacting in home visits by providers the network construction continues. We look at what has been found in the last month.

The latest one percent has taken longer than the last one percent but full fibre coverage continues to grow across the UK.

The UK is already on a pathway to 100% Gigabit availability by the end of 2025 so it is not immediately clear what further investment will achieve. The AA Presidents comments on broadband, roads and home working do feed into a debate to be had once the pandemic is under control though.

There is a new entry straight in to the top of the speed test table with a broadband service that was only launched in the second half of March 2020.

The figures shown for the number of premises eligible for broadband USO intervention in our broadband figures has been updated to reflect how the USO has been implemented.

We report on the speeds of a large number of broadband services each month, but we also keep an automated eye on how the 7 biggest providers are performing. With millions more at home than is normal we look at what impact this has had on speeds.