UK’s Full-Fibre Boom: 78% Coverage in 2025—but Rural Gaps Persist
Over the past five years, Britain has undergone a dramatic shift in broadband infrastructure—accelerating full-fibre (FTTP) coverage from 12% in January 2020 to 78% by mid-2025, according to Ofcom and independent statistics . This transformation is anchored in a 2021 regulatory overhaul that broke BT Openreach’s infrastructure monopoly. By granting alternative providers (altnets like CityFibre…