Broadband
Access Technologies
Our Wholesale Broadband portfolio offers a range of layer 2 and layer 3 solutions to meet your needs. Each solution lets you use our full suite of access and cabling technologies, so you can connect your customers in a variety of ways depending on their location and requirements.
Up to 40 times faster than copper
This includes the latest full-fibre FTTP access options, providing the fastest speeds, as well as a selection of all-IP-ready connections.
Our access technologies compared
| Action point | Modern all-IP ready access options | Legacy access options | |||
| Full-fibre FTTP | SoGEA | SoADSL | FTTC | ADSL and ADSL 2+ | |
| Definition | Fibre to the Premises |
Single order Generic Ethernet Access | Single order Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line | Fibre to the Cabinet | Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line |
| Max download speed (Mbps) | 1000 | 330 (G.fast) 80 (VDSL) |
24 | 330 (G.fast) 80 (VDSL) |
24 |
| Max upload speed (Mbps) | 220 | 50 (G.fast) 20 (VDSL) |
Up to 2.51 |
50 (G.fast) 20 (VDSL) |
Up to 2.51 |
| Coverage | 14.5m premises passed Target of 25m by the end of 2026 |
Available in over 28.5 million premises ~95% of the UK |
Available in non-fibre footprint. 99.80% of UK2 | Only available to order if Openreach exemption is granted (same coverage as SoGEA) | Only available to order if Openreach exemption is granted (same coverage as SoADSL) |
1 ADSL and SoADSL available with up to 2.5Mbps upload capacity with Annex M, which is a chargeable extra feature. Standard maximum upload speed is 1.28Mbps.
2Coverage shown indicates combined ADSL coverage offered through WBC and IPstream Connect. WBC ADSL is available for 98% of lines, IPstream Connect on a further 1.8% of lines. All coverage figures are correct as of March 2023. FTTC coverage figures expressed as the percentage of premises passed, WBC ADSL figures presented as the percentage of lines covered.
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No up-front investment
Enjoy easy access to the high-speed broadband market and meet your customers' requirements without any need for new infrastructure.
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Fibre is an easy way to meet increasing demand for faster broadband quickly and cost-effectively.
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Access the highest quality and largest fibre broadband network in the UK.
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