Helping you find the right connection
Whether you're confused about connectivity or just need to check what's available at your address, we're here to help.
Below we explain the different ways we connect you. You can find out about our latest technology, Ultrafast Full fibre, where we're cutting out the cabinet to deliver lightspeed broadband direct to your door.
Openreach engineers build and maintain the UK's communication network, and have done for many years. Our network is used by over 650 Communication Providers which you can choose from to get your broadband. Enter your postcode into our fibre checker to see what connection is available in your area.
Confused by connectivity?
There are three ways we connect you to our broadband network
Fibre to the Premise (FTTP)
Download speeds of up to 1Gbps
Also known as Fibre to the Home (FTTH) or Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband. This is our most reliable, fastest broadband with a pure fibre optic cable straight into your home or business directly from your nearby exchange.
Until FTTP is built to more of the UK, this is our most widely available and popular broadband type powering both our Superfast Fibre broadband and GFast Fibre broadband products. FTTC provides a fibre optic cable from your nearby exchange to your local cabinet. From the cabinet to your home or business, we use traditional copper wires to power your connection.
Standard broadband access uses a copper phone line connected all the way from your property through your local cabinet and to your nearby exchange.
- Fibre
Want to know even more about our connection types?
Find out how we use fibre optic cables to connect homes and businesses to our network across the UK.
Why should I upgrade to Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband?
No go-slow and always on
Get better performance, impressive speeds
and fewer drop-outs with fibre connected
straight to your home.
It never lets you down
According to the national Infrastructure Commission, Full Fibre has five times fewer faults than copper connections.
Ready for anything
Be unstoppable on everything from phones,
tablets, laptops, VR headsets – even
your home’s heating controls.

- Fibre first
The UK's Full Fibre future is within reach
Research by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) shows that Full Fibre could provide a real boost to communities across the country, reduce pollution and increase UK productivity by £59 billion by 2025.
Fibre options for different groups
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Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband for developers
Register your development with Openreach and let your buyers choose from more than 650 Communications Providers providing services over our network.