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Full Fibre Broadband for Business
Give your business the connection it deserves. Full Fibre broadband from Openreach delivers the speed, reliability, and resilience that modern businesses need - whether you're a solo operator or managing a growing team. Say goodbye to glitchy video calls, laggy cloud services, and slow uploads, and get back to doing business.
What is Full Fibre broadband for business?
Full Fibre broadband - also known as Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) - uses fibre optic cable to connect Openreach's exchange directly to your business premises. Every part of the connection is fibre, with no copper wire in the chain, which means faster speeds and greater reliability compared to older technologies.
Offering business download speeds of up to 1Gbps and upload speeds of up to 220Mbps, Full Fibre is the UK's most reliable broadband technology and the pinnacle of what standard broadband can offer your business. It's built to handle multiple users, multiple devices, and demanding applications - all at the same time, and without interruption. Data is transmitted via light through fibre optic cables rather than electrical signals through copper, making it significantly harder to intercept.
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How does it work?
Full Fibre broadband uses fibre optic cables - which carry data as pulses of light - to connect Openreach's local exchange directly to your business premises. With no copper wire involved at any point, the signal travels faster and with greater consistency than any hybrid or copper-based technology.
When Full Fibre is installed, an Openreach engineer fits an Optical Network Terminal (ONT) at your premises. This is the point where the fibre cable meets your internal network, and it connects to your router to distribute the connection across your business. The result is a fast, stable, and highly resilient connection - with no performance loss based on distance from the exchange or cabinet.
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Benefits of Full Fibre broadband for business
Full Fibre isn't just the fastest option - it's the smartest investment for any business that depends on a reliable, high-performance internet connection. Here's what it can do for you.
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How does it compare?
Full Fibre is the highest-performance standard broadband option available to businesses from Openreach. Compared to Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) - which uses copper for the final leg of the journey - Full Fibre delivers faster speeds, greater reliability, and stronger security, because data travels as light through fibre rather than electrical signals through copper. Compared to standard Copper broadband, the difference is even more pronounced. For businesses that need even higher speeds, dedicated bandwidth, or enhanced SLAs, Openreach also offers Ethernet - a dedicated point-to-point service built on Full Fibre infrastructure that sits above standard broadband entirely.
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What are the impacts of Full Fibre broadband for my business?
Moving to Full Fibre has an immediate and tangible impact on how your business operates. File uploads, whether sharing large documents, backing up data or syncing with remote colleagues, happen at a pace that keeps your workflow moving and your whole team productive.
For businesses that rely on card payment terminals, cloud-based accounting tools or customer-facing digital services, a fast and reliable connection is no longer a luxury. Full Fibre provides that foundation and grows with you rather than holding you back.
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