More homes in London have been connected with full fibre year-on-year than any other city in the UK.
The Mayor and London’s boroughs have successfully worked in conjunction with broadband companies to boost the city’s full fibre broadband connectivity rate above the 50% barrier.
More homes in London have been connected with full fibre year-on-year than any other city in the UK. Londoners in five London boroughs, Westminster, Newham, Camden, Southwark and Tower Hamlets have seen the most homes connected and account for 29% of all full fibre available in London.
Full fibre broadband connections allow households to access broadband speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second.
By way of comparison, these speeds are more than 10 times faster than some speeds available on legacy copper connections. As a result of these faster speeds, homes in London will be able to support more devices at the same time and receive quicker downloads, all with greater reliability and performance.
Back in 2017, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan created the first ‘Connected London’ team at City Hall to support London boroughs and network operators sign legal agreements for full fibre and gigabit capable infrastructure roll-out.
