{"id":45628,"date":"2026-10-27T08:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=45628"},"modified":"2026-10-27T08:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:58:07","slug":"biannual-october-2026-progress-update-on-bts-10mbps-uk-broadband-uso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/10\/biannual-october-2026-progress-update-on-bts-10mbps-uk-broadband-uso.html","title":{"rendered":"Biannual October 2026 progress update on BT&#8217;s 10Mbps UK broadband USO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Internet provider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> has published their biannual (October 2026) progress update on the delivery of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s somewhat limited 10Mbps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/03\/10mbps-uk-broadband-universal-service-obligation-to-go-live.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universal Service Obligation<\/a> (USO) for broadband. The provider has so far helped to build a USO connection to over 9,452 premises (up from 9,089 in Apr 2026) &#8211; using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>, with 128 further builds in-progress (down from 461).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The USO is a legally-binding and industry-funded obligation that falls on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> across the UK and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/kcom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KCOM<\/a> in Hull. In short, people living in areas where they can\u2019t yet receive a <strong>10Mbps<\/strong> or faster download speed, and aren\u2019t expected to be covered by such a network in the next 12-months, can <em>request<\/em> a service capable of 10Mbps+ (1Mbps+ upload) from the aforementioned internet providers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> For many of those extremely remote areas, the cost of a USO connection will be significantly in excess of the industry \u00a33,400 contribution (end-users have the option to pay excess costs or decline the USO solution).<\/div>\n<p>A cost sharing model also applies here, which means that the providers will \u201c<em>calculate the total excess cost of the build and divide that between the eligible premises. If that amount is below \u00a35,000 per premises (on top of the \u00a33,400), we\u2019ll automatically split the costs<\/em>\u201c. But some areas can still end up costing hundreds of thousands of pounds, even up to \u00a31-2m, and would thus find the USO route to be unviable (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/08\/the-high-cost-of-broadband-for-uso-excluded-uk-communities.html\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/11\/ofcom-and-bt-adopt-changes-to-help-10mbps-broadband-uso.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> previously stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/gigabit-broadband-covers-89-percent-of-uk-premises-ofcom-spring-2026-data.html\">39,000 UK premises<\/a> (under 0.2%) currently fall into the USO gap (i.e. those outside of suitable fixed line, fixed wireless or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> mobile cover). But this is continuing to shrink as a result of upgrades delivered via ongoing publicly funded schemes (Project Gigabit contracts etc.). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> also recently confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/starlink\" target=\"_blank\">Starlink<\/a>&#8217;s LEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/satellite\">satellite<\/a> broadband service can now act as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/07\/ofcom-confirms-starlink-is-viable-option-for-10mbps-uk-broadband-uso.html\">viable alternative<\/a> &#8211; technically shrinking the 39k gap to just 4,000 premises.<\/p>\n<p>Just to be clear about this. Many of those who pursue the USO option via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> say they were offered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> (mobile broadband) connections via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> instead. But those actually considered to have been <em>delivered<\/em> under the USO itself usually get <strong>Fibre-to-the-Premises<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/fttp\">FTTP<\/a>). Commercial builds of the latter have also helped to shrink the USO gap (tackling the first c.80%+ of the country).<\/p>\n<p>The government are still said to be exploring how best to support those who live in \u201c<em>Very Hard to Reach<\/em>\u201d areas with even faster speeds \u2013 roughly equating to the same sort of area as the USO is focused upon. At the same time they were due to review the USO itself (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/10\/gov-to-review-uk-rural-broadband-options-and-10mbps-uso.html\">here<\/a>), but this work seems to have stalled since 2024&#8217;s change in government. As above, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/starlink\" target=\"_blank\">Starlink<\/a> now seems to be the accepted quick fix.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>BT&#8217;s October 2026 Broadband USO Report<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The latest statistics confirm that USO delivery is still a slow process &#8211; in Oct 2023 there were 185 builds in progress, then 265 in April 2024, 215 in Oct 2024, 349 in Apr 2025, 186 in Oct 2025, 461 in Apr 2026 and now 128. We suspect this may be a combination of factors, such as a lack of consumer familiarity with the USO (<a class=\"shortlink shortlink-148 shortlink-chref\" title=\"bt broadband uso\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/btuso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.bt.com\/broadband\/USO\"><strong>apply for it here<\/strong><\/a>), new services like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/starlink\" target=\"_blank\">Starlink<\/a> becoming available, the shrinking area of USO eligibility and the fact that the policy may be running into the limitations of economically viable deliverability.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" style=\"padding: 0px; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/gallery\/2026-uk-internet-statistics\/BT-Broadband-USO-Progress-October-2026.png\" alt=\"BT-Broadband-USO-Progress-October-2026\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet provider BT has published their biannual (October 2026) progress update on the delivery of Ofcom&#8217;s somewhat limited 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation (USO) for broadband. The provider has so far helped to build a USO connection to over 9,452 premises (up from 9,089 in Apr 2026) &#8211; using FTTP, with 128 further builds in-progress (down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,474,56,414,36,69,38,89,537,71,476],"class_list":["post-45628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-4g","tag-bt","tag-fttp","tag-northern-ireland","tag-ofcom-regulation","tag-bt-openreach","tag-politics","tag-scotland","tag-uso","tag-wales","tag-wifi"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/117512050405784616","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Biannual October 2026 progress update on BT&#039;s 10Mbps UK broadband USO - 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