Faster Internet Connections rolled out at Record Pace
More than four in ten homes can now access faster, more reliable internet connections, as the rollout of full-fibre technology continues at record pace.
Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report, which measures the availability of broadband and mobile services across the UK, found that full-fibre connections are now available to 12.4 million households (42%) – anincrease of 4.3 million from last year.
The vast majority (97%) of UK homes can now get superfast broadband, which provides download speeds of at least 30 Mbit/s; although morethan a quarter (27%) who have access to it have not taken it up.
However, nearly 80,000 homes and businesses (0.3%) do not have access to ‘decent’ broadband, defined by the Government as offering download speeds of 10 Mbit/s and upload speeds of 1 Mbit/s. Many of these are in the hardest-to-reach parts of the UK.
This figure has fallen from 123,000 last year, and it is estimated that a further 15,000 of these premises will be covered by publicly-funded rollout schemes in the next 12 months.
The rollout of 5G has also rapidly increased in the last year. It is estimated that around seven in ten UK properties are in areas where 5G is available from at least one mobile network operator, up from about half last year.
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