Broadband is delivered via copper wires. These run from the supply to the green cabinets on your street, and then from one of these cabinets to your home.

Standard broadband has a maximum download speed of 24Mbps, but this decreases over distance and age of the connection. It’s also susceptible to faults and can be affected by the weather.

Fibre to the Cabinet - Broadband is delivered via fibre optic cables from the supply to the green cabinets on your street, then via copper cables from the cabinets to your home.

With a maximum download speed that’s over three times faster than standard broadband, the fibre cables allow for a faster, more reliable connection. But because of the copper cables, it can still experience some faults and be affected by the weather.

Fibre to the Premises - Also known as Full Fibre, broadband is delivered via fibre optic cables both from the supply to the green cabinets on your street, and from the cabinets to your home.

And because the connection is fully fibre, its speed doesn’t decrease much with distance, it experiences far fewer faults, and it can reach impressive download speeds of over 12 times faster than standard broadband.