Openreach Increases UK Prices on FTTP Broadband Products for ISPs
Network access provider Openreach (BT) has this afternoon announced some changes and increases to the prices of their various Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband products for UK internet service providers. The changes are due to be introduced from 1st April 2026.
Openreach typically increase prices across their various products, usually by the CPI level of inflation (currently 3.6%), although this may differ between products due to various factors (discounts etc.) and there could also be some decreases. But often the changes mean that ISPs on the same network will need to pay more for the services they sell, which can also end up being passed on to consumers at the retail level.
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.).
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Sadly, there are too many changes to list, but we can give a few examples. For example, the standard annual rental price of Openreach’s 1Gbps (115Mbps upload) tier will be rising from £469.20 to £486 +vat. The changes also cover FTTP on Demand (FoD) and Cablelink / Ethernet pricing. Full details here and here.
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Presumably most ISPs will be paying the Equinox 2 price (£273.15) rather than the £486 listed above. £486 is more than many ISPs charge their customers.