BT announces its plans to deliver Gigabit broadband across the UK

BT plans to become the UK’s fastest broadband provider, confirming its plans to launch Gigabit broadband services later this month. Initially, this service will be limited to selected cities, towns and villages, though the broadband provider aims to bring this service to half of UK households by the end of 2025.  

Later this month, gigabit services will become available in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Leeds, London and Manchester. These services will offer broadband speeds that are up to 25x faster than “Superfast fibre”, which is defined as an average of 67Mbps. 

At this time, BT’s pricing for its gigabit broadband services is unknown, though these will be revealed later this month. These services will reach more than 2 million households initially, making BT the largest full-fibre network provider at launch. This announcement follows Virgin Media’s Gig1 Fibre launch, which already delivers Gb availability to 1 million UK homes.  

Those who are interested in BT’s Gigabit internet services can register at www.bt.com/full-fibre-interest to learn more about the service when it becomes available. 

Virgin Media provides its Gigabit services for £62 per month at the time of writing, and BT is expected to offer customers competitive pricing.