1、thinkbroadband The State of Broadband(March 2025)The State of BroadbandA Comprehensive UK OverviewMarch 2025Want the latest stats?A lot of our statistics are live on:https:/ FeatureBroadband Trends for 2025Page 5Browse our broadband map:https:/thinkbroadband The State of Broadband(March 2025)2The St

2、ate of UK BroadbandWelcome to the fifth edition of our State of Broadband Report providing unique insight and the latest statistics on UK broadband rollout.As usual,we include updates on the State of the Nations of the United Kingdom both looking at Gigabit Broadband and Full Fibre coverage.We will

3、also provide updates on the Altnets,the UK Full Fibre infrastructure builders powering to compete against Openreach.Key Stats Full Fibre(FTTP)is now available to over 75%of households(up from 69%in July 2024)across the UK with Openreach leading the way at 52%(up from 46%)and Gigabit being available

4、to 86.6%of households,up from 83.9%.Altnets are available to 4 in 10 premises(40.3%up from 35.9%).Although full fibre coverage has increased by 6.3%since our last report in July 2024,Gigabit coverage has only increased by 2.7%.This is due to overbuild by fibre providers of Virgin Medias DOCSIS 3.1 n

5、etwork which can today deliver Gigabit services,plus some full fibre networks are overbuilding each other.We have also seen a slow-down in full fibre rollout with limited investment by some alt-nets,resulting in a few months delays in our projections for 85%and 95%full fibre coverage across the UK.F

6、ollowing the YouFibre/Brsk merger last year,we have now seen approval for the Zzoomm/Full Fibre deal,creating a larger,more efficient altnet for investors.This report is published slightly later than expected as its been a busy period for us;however,reflects availability data on 25 February 2025 and