Half the UK can now receive 1Gbps broadband

Date:
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:12:24 +0000

Description:
Virgin Media O2, Openreach and others make progress in providing faster speeds.

FULL STORY ======================================================================

Half of all UK premises now have access to gigabit broadband , according to new figures from ThinkBroadband, a dramatic increase from the 6% that
received the fastest available speeds back in 2019.

The percentage translates to 15 million homes and businesses and has largely been driven by Virgin Media O2s gigabit rollout a well as investments by Openreach and others in (FTTP) technology.

Virgin Media has now connected 10 million properties to its fastest speeds
and plans to cover its entire 16 million footprint by the end of the year. It too is looking at FTTP in the future and by 2028, the entirety of its network could be capable of 10Gbps symmetrical upload and download speeds. These are the best business SIM-only deals around today And the best business broadband deals Here are the best business mobile phone deals UK gigabit broadband

Openreach has connected more than 4.5 million premises to its FTTP network
and the eventual aim is to reach 20 million premises by the end of the
decade.

We are pleased to see the UK break through the 50 per cent mark for gigabit availability across the UK and if existing plans from providers come to fruition we are looking at 65 to 68 per cent gigabit coverage in early 2022, said Andrew Ferguson, Think Broadband editor.

The next few years are going to be transformative for the UK broadband market with the many full fibre networks being built and we look forward to mapping all of them and ensuring the public can easily see what their broadband options are.

The government has pledged 5 billion to bring gigabit broadband to areas that wont be covered by commercial deployments. This will be achieved through both fibre and other technologies like 5G. However only 1 billion of this funding will be allocated during this parliament.

Its target is for 85% coverage by 2025.

Weve passed the halfway point in our national mission to level up the UK with lightning-fast gigabit broadband, said Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, who was reported last week.

Millions of people can now access the fastest, most reliable internet connections, allowing them full advantage of new technologies over the next forty years. Here are the best broadband deals around today



======================================================================
Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/news/half-the-uk-can-now-receive-1gbps-broadband/


--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64)
* Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100)