{"id":18537,"date":"2019-09-17T11:07:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T10:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=18537"},"modified":"2019-09-17T14:24:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T13:24:50","slug":"ofcom-10mb-broadband-uso-gap-shrinks-to-578000-uk-premises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/09\/ofcom-10mb-broadband-uso-gap-shrinks-to-578000-uk-premises.html","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom &#8211; 10Mb Broadband USO Gap Shrinks to 578000 UK Premises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> has published a Summer 2019 update to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/12\/2018-infrastructure-report-shows-state-of-uk-broadband-and-mobile.html\">Connected Nations<\/a> report, which reveals that &#8220;<em>full fibre<\/em>&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>) UK broadband coverage has risen to 8% (up from 7% four months ago) and the number of premises unable to get 10Mbps+ has declined from 619,000 to 578,000. Geographic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> mobile cover remains at 66%.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s new report is actually based on coverage and service availability information received from ISPs and mobile network operators as of May 2019, which is thus four months more current than the January 2019 data in their previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/ofcom-uk-finds-full-fibre-broadband-available-to-7-of-uk-premises.html\"><strong>Spring 2019<\/strong><\/a> update.<\/p>\n<p>The other key changes since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s previous study are that &#8220;<em>ultrafast broadband<\/em>&#8221; availability (defined by the regulator as speeds of <strong>300Mbps+<\/strong>) has risen from 53% to 54% of UK homes and businesses, while &#8220;<em>superfast broadband<\/em>&#8221; (<strong>30Mbps+<\/strong>) coverage has held steady at 95%.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the ultrafast growth comes from the expansion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a>&#8217;s cable network, although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> has also been very busy deploying both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/gfast\">G.fast<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> technology. Similarly lots of alternative network ISPs are helping to spread <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a> at an increasingly rapid pace (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/04\/building-uk-summary-fttp-broadband-rollouts-investment.html\"><strong>Summary of Full Fibre Plans<\/strong><\/a>), with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/cityfibre\" target=\"_blank\">Cityfibre<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/hyperopticfibre\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hyperoptic<\/a> being two of the biggest movers in that crowd. Overall about 2.5 million premises can now take FTTP (up by +400,000 between January and May 2019).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>A Spokesperson for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/openreach\" target=\"_blank\">Openreach<\/a> said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Full fibre build is the largest upgrade to our digital network in a generation and has the ability to unlock huge social and economic benefits. We are proud to be leading the way having reached over 1.5 homes and businesses already but we want to go further, faster and continue to work with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> and Government to ensure they create the right conditions for a nationwide roll out.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The improved fixed line broadband coverage means that the number of premises that cannot get a &#8220;<em>decent broadband<\/em>&#8221; (<strong>10Mbps+<\/strong>) service has fallen to 2% or 578,0000 premises (down from 619,000 in the spring update). A download speed of at least 10Mbps and an upload of 1Mbps also represents the specification for the UK Government&#8217;s imminent broadband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/12\/ofcom-propose-bt-and-kcom-to-deliver-10mbps-uk-broadband-uso.html\"><strong>Universal Service Obligation<\/strong><\/a> (USO).<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The Government&#8217;s original definition of &#8220;<em>superfast<\/em>&#8221; is slightly lower at 24Mbps+, which officially hit 95% at the start of 2018 and is today c.96% (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/01\/government-hails-95-uk-coverage-24mbps-superfast-broadband.html\">here<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> mobile networks have seen their indoor coverage by all operators (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> combined) hold steady at 77% and geographic coverage from all operators remains at 66% over the same period. Ofcom seems to have tweaked their methodology for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> coverage as the historic figures have changed slightly.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">May 2019 Coverage Data by Region<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The following table summarises the latest mobile and fixed broadband coverage figures for Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland individually and you can get more detail by downloading the full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0024\/166650\/connected-nations-update-summer-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Summer 2019 Update<\/strong><\/a> (PDF).<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> In order to meet the Government\u2019s nationwide &#8220;<em>full fibre<\/em>&#8221; ambition for 2025 we need to see the UK adding about 4-5 million premises a year, although they appear to have downgraded this target to include other &#8220;<em>gigabit<\/em>&#8221; capable networks (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/09\/government-to-water-down-2025-full-fibre-for-all-uk-target-become-gigabit.html\">here<\/a>).<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2019-uk-internet-statistics\/ofcom_2019_summer_broadband_and_mobile_coverage_england_data.png\" alt=\"ofcom_2019_summer_broadband_and_mobile_coverage_england_data\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2019-uk-internet-statistics\/ofcom_2019_summer_broadband_and_mobile_coverage_nireland_data.png\" alt=\"ofcom_2019_summer_broadband_and_mobile_coverage_nireland_data\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2019-uk-internet-statistics\/ofcom_2019_summer_broadband_and_mobile_coverage_scotland_data.png\" alt=\"ofcom_2019_summer_broadband_and_mobile_coverage_scotland_data\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2019-uk-internet-statistics\/ofcom_2019_summer_broadband_and_mobile_coverage_wales_data.png\" alt=\"ofcom_2019_summer_broadband_and_mobile_coverage_wales_data\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ofcom has published a Summer 2019 update to their Connected Nations report, which reveals that &#8220;full fibre&#8221; (FTTP) UK broadband coverage has risen to 8% (up from 7% four months ago) and the number of premises unable to get 10Mbps+ has declined from 619,000 to 578,000. 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