UK Broadband Analysis
Data-driven analysis of UK broadband infrastructure patterns, drawn entirely from Ofcom Connected Nations 2025 figures. No projections, no invented numbers.
The Urban-Rural Broadband Divide in the UK (2025)
How wide is the broadband gap between Britain's best-connected and worst-connected local authorities? An analysis of full-fibre extremes, the below-USO tail, and where fixed wireless access is filling the gap.
Read analysis →The Gigabit vs Full-Fibre Gap Across the UK (2025)
UK gigabit coverage exceeds full-fibre coverage by over 8 percentage points nationally. An authority-level analysis of where cable and DOCSIS networks are driving the gap, and which areas rely almost entirely on fibre for gigabit speeds.
Read analysis →Every figure on PlainBroadband is rendered directly from Ofcom Connected Nations data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on Ofcom Connected Nations data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.