Openreach Cuts UK Price of 1Gbps Business FTTP Broadband Tier
Network access provider Openreach announced another change to their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband services today, which cuts the annual wholesale rental of their premium small business focused 1Gbps (220Mbps upload) tier from £1,173.36 to £900 excluding VAT (inc. FTTPoD). The change will be effective from 1st August 2025.
As usual, it should be stressed that the price ISPs pay for the service at wholesale is not the same as the price customers pay at retail. This is because ISPs have to add all sorts of extra costs on top (e.g. 20% VAT, profit margins, network services / features / capacity etc.).
Take note that the above tier should NOT be confused with Openreach’s more consumer (residential) focused 1Gbps (115Mbps) tier, which is still cheaper. The full briefing doesn’t add any further details than this, but we suspect Openreach are re-aligning the product in preparation for the future introduction of new and faster ties via their XGS-PON upgrade.
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Isn’t the headline:
“Openreach Cuts UK Price of it’s legacy GPON 1Gbps Business FTTP Broadband Tier, but unlikely anyone will see any reduction”
Its the wholesale price so its up to the ISPs. I dont know why the negative comment. Every time Openreach reduces their price ISPs follow suit. (And usually competitors / BT haters complain it is anti-competitive).
K, you are known to support BT on here, so to label others.
Don’t have to be a BT hater, just a dislike of the strategy and implementation of their products.
Of course we do. There’s a vast array of things to rightfully despise Openreach for.
I got a 1Gbit business FTTP connection recently and the max upload speed available was 115Mbit/s. Would have loved 220 🙂
The 1000/220 tier has been available for years, but almost nobody sells it because it’s so expensive. If you hunt around, you can find a handful of resellers – e.g. Cerberus, who charge a £495+VAT connection fee and £176.80+VAT per month. That should make you think twice about how much you *really* need that 220 upload!