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Millions of homes across the UK can now get much faster broadband speeds but many haven't yet made the switch.

A record 17 million UK homes have access to full-fibre broadband, with 4.6 million now taking it up, according to regulator Ofcom’s latest Connected Nations r

The latest Connection Nations 2023 UK digital infrastructure report has today been published by Ofcom, which finds that "gigabit-capable broadband" ISP

57% of UK homes now have access to full fibre, a 15 percentage point increase on 2022. According to Ofcom’s latest Connected Nations report published today, a record 17 million UK homes have access to full-fibre broadband, with 4.6 million now taking it up. Full fibre broadband is defined as using fibre all the way…

The latest speed stats are in and it seems more UK homes can finally get access to fater fibre downloads.

Britons on benefits such as Universal Credit can get large discounts on broadband and mobile deals with social tariffs.

Foreign criminals attempting to scam Britons via spoof numbers will be blocked by phone networks in future. The calls show up as a UK number on phones but really come from abroad.

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