Category: Broadband

Our analysis of what is being delivered in terms of broadband for new homes continues and while the headline 61.6% with access to FTTP is good over 1 in 10 still don't have access to a superfast broadband service and in North East England it is almost 1 in 4.

The situation in rural areas with regards to superfast broadband access has been improving but there is still a gap between the urban and rural areas of the UK.

The Openreach G.fast footprint continues to expand as we have added pods on another 11 exchanges.

The broadband story of the last month is not the small rise in superfast coverage but the rise in the amount of full fibre being spotted.

The Better Broadband Scheme is back with a smaller list of suppliers but means that connection costs for 4G, fixed wireless and satellite services will be covered by a £350 voucher.

Four Openreach exchanges areas are to benefit from a trial where GEA-FTTP will cost just £15/m no matter what speed and have free connection. Two of the exchange areas have only just seen the Fibre First roll-out hit them.

The big data drop of the month is upon us as we publish the largest analysis of performance across the UK broadband market for the first month of 2019.

The Openreach ultrafast broadband footprint is growing rapidly and the first area where FTTP and G.fast are mixing together in close proximity has been spotted along with nine new areas where G.fast is an option.

The Openreach Fibre First roll-out is now visibly starting to deliver as the first exchange area in the Liverpool area has been spotted with live native GEA-FTTP.

Wales has seen very little progress in terms of broadband roll-out since early 2018 apart from a little tidying up for delayed VDSL2 cabinets and a small amount of FTTP so now the final phase two contract is signed things will start to move again.