The UK hit 19% FTTP on the last day of 2020 and the next percentage point increase has taken just 5 and a bit weeks. Hopefully this sort of roll-out pace will continue putting the UK on course for 28 to 30% FTTP coverage by New Years Eve 2021.
The full fibre coverage figure as of the morning of 6th February 2021 was 20.02% of UK premises.
There are now 25 local authorities with FTTP coverage above 50%, these are:
- City of Kingston Upon Hull 99.03%
- Milton Keynes 86.02%
- Belfast 74.94%
- Antrim and Newtownabbey 69.19%
- Epson and Ewell District 68.68%
- York 65.46%
- Exeter District 65.34%
- Ards and North Down 65.04%
- Amargh, Banbridge and Craigavon 64.54%
- Mid and East Antrim 64.22%
- Lisburn and Castlereach 62.97%
- Coventry District 61.59%
- Tameside District 61.49%
- Salford District 60.97%
- Derry and Strabane 57.89%
- Tower Hamlets 56.95%
- Thanet 56.86%
- City of Bristol 55.67%
- East Riding of Yorkshire 55.41%
- City of Westminster 53.85%
- Barking and Dagenham 52.67%
- City of Peterborough 51.98%
- Stirling 51.73%
- Southwark 51.02%
- Causeway Coast and Glens 50.08%
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