Ofcom upbeat on UK fibre growth but it’s all relative

Almost a quarter of UK households now have access to full fibre broadband and Ofcom is pretty excited about that.
The UK telecoms regulator’s latest ‘Connected Nations’ update puts full fibre coverage at 24%, with 6.9 million homes passed, as of May 2021. That’s an increase of three percentage points and 1 million homes since January, which is a creditable growth rate, but perhaps not as stellar as Ofcom’s announcement suggests.
“Around one in four UK homes ca