Fibre for developers

Connect your residential or commercial properties to faster broadband

Building for the future

We're connecting residential and commercial properties to the fibre broadband network

We want to bring full fibre broadband to four and a half million homes and businesses by end of March 2021, and 20 million premises by the mid to late 2020's, subject to conditions being right. To help us do this, we'll build a full fibre, Fibre to the Premises, network to new residential or mixed residential/commercial sites. It makes sense for you and your development, and it's easy for you to sign up.

Rolling out full fibre broadband

Get speeds of up to 1Gbps all the way from the exchange into your home or business.

Watch the video

A pure fibre connection

Better for homes and businesses

Our Fibre to the Premises network offers speeds of up to 1Gbps.

The biggest UK full fibre network

We’ve already connected more than 2.979 m homes and businesses and want to reach 4.5m by the end of March 2021.

Biggest choice of service providers

Choose from the widest range of phone and broadband providers.

Image of Openreach van on new development

How do I sign up?

Find out how to register your residential or commercial property development for fibre broadband.

Find out more

Fibre for landlords

Are you a landlord?
- fibre for landlords
Are you a building owner, landlord or managing agent? Fibre broadband could help you get – and keep – more tenants, meaning better returns on your investment. And we might even be able to bring it to your building for free. Use our fibre checker to see if you’re eligible.
Find out more »
Obtaining wayleaves
- Wayleaves
Find out what wayleaves are, who to contact if you need help with one and answers to questions if we have a wayleave agreement set up with you.
Find out more »

Useful resources

How to self-install Openreach equipment

Watch our video for step-by-step instructions on how to install Openreach’s fibre to the premises (FTTP) equipment.
Find out more »
Guides and handbooks

Our downloadable guides and handbooks tell you everything you need to know about installing Openreach fibre and copper equipment at your new development.
Find out more »
Contracts and policies

If you’re a developer and you’ve asked Openreach to bring fibre broadband to your site you’ll need to read our contracts and policies. Download them here.
Find out more »

FAQs

Can I get fibre to my development?

If your area isn’t covered yet, register your site with us to let us know you’d like us to build fibre to your development.
How much does it cost to connect residential or mixed developments?

We’ll do this for free for sites with 20 or more premises. If you have 2–19 premises on your site we’ll ask you to contribute towards this. And if you’re building a single plot, the cost will depend on your situation – find out more on our registration page .

Will I have to pay for connection if I’m building a commercial development?

For commercial only sites of 20 or more units we’ll install Full Fibre for free.

For single commercial plots, or sites of 2-19 units we'll work with you to offer a bespoke network solution, and we'll contribute an amount per unit towards the cost of the build. The table below outlines the Openreach plot contribution and developer site cost. We'll be able to give you more details after you register your site with us.

Number of premises	Per premises developer contribution	Total charge to developers

19	£255	£4,845
18	£290	£5,220
17	£328	£5,576
16	£369	£5,904
15	£415	£6,225
14	£467	£6,538
13	£524	£6,812
12	£588	£7,056
11	£662	£7,282
10	£747	£7,470
9	£1,000	£9,000
8	£1,200	£9,600
7	£1,400	£9,800
6	£1,600	£9,600
5	£1,800	£9,000
4	£2,000	£8,000
3	£2,000	£6,000
2	£2,000	£4,000

What is the developer portal?

The developer portal currently gives the top 34 developers all the information about their sites from registration and throughout the whole New Site process.

The useful resources section of the portal includes more information on the features of the portal.

Over three million more homes and businesses to get Full Fibre broadband
- Fibre first
- Rural
- News
29 Jul 2020

Over three million more homes and businesses in the hardest to reach parts of the country to get ultra-reliable, gigabit-ready Full Fibre broadband by the mid-2020's.
Salisbury – the mother of invention
- Salisbury
- Fibre first
- News
23 Jun 2020

Salisbury became the first fully fibred, ultrafast city for Openreach in record-breaking time – read how innovation made it possible.
Full Fibre broadband could help cut your carbon footprint – here's how
- News
- Fibre
20 Jan 2020

Full Fibre - gigabit - broadband is not just faster, more reliable and future-proof, it can also help you be more energy efficient.