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What is Standard Broadband?

 

Standard broadband, or ADSL, uses the copper phone line network to deliver your broadband connection. This means that almost everyone can get broadband service, even in the most hard-to-reach parts of the UK. The speed of standard broadband can vary, because, with copper wires, your broadband speed is affected by your distance from the cabinet. This means that the further you are from the cabinet, the more likely that your broadband speed will slow down.

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Download speeds of up to 24Mbps

Standard broadband is more suited to browsing but download speeds of 24 Mbps mean you can download a 4K movie in 78 minutes or 100 of your favourite songs in four and a half minutes. 

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Perfect for email and web browsing

Standard can handle surfing the web and checking your email, but if you want to stream the latest box set, connect more than one device at once, or enjoy glitch-free video calls, it’s a good idea to consider Superfast, GFast, or Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband. 

Find out about Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband
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Upload speeds of up to 1.4Mbps

At this speed, you can upload a 2GB file in 3.2 hours. It’s not the fastest but it can get the job done. 

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Your choice of phone line

It’s possible to get Standard with an analogue or digital phone line. Check with your service provider to find out what phone line options they offer and then choose whichever suits you best.

Find out about Digital Phone Lines
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A large selection of service providers

Over 650 service providers use our network, including Sky, BT, Vodafone, TalkTalk, Zen, and Plusnet, so you can always choose the broadband package that suits you best.

What happens next?

 

Over 650 service providers use our network, and if you’re switching your Standard broadband from one to another, it should be a simple process. You probably won’t need an engineer visit, and you may not even need a new router. Check with your service provider when you place an order, and they’ll let you know. If you do need a new router, simply wait for it to arrive, plug it in, and you’ll be ready to go.

If you’re switching from a different network provider, you might need an engineer to visit your home. Ask your service provider and they’ll arrange an appointment, if you need one, when you place your order.

 

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Our different broadband types explained

Ultrafast Broadband

Our most reliable connection that's ready for anything.

Perfect for serious gamers, virtual reality, big families, cloud storage, Youtube uploaders, 360 video and much much more.

 

max

1000 Mbps 

download speed

 

That'll download a two hour 4K movie in under 2 minutes or your top 100 music tracks in under 7 seconds.

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Broadband

Our best copper broadband connection. 

Perfect for gaming, 4K streaming and small families.

max

330 Mbps 

download speed

That'll download a two hour 4K movie in under 6 minutes or your top 100 music tracks in under 20 seconds.

Superfast Broadband

Our most popular broadband - serving over 90% of the UK.

Perfect for streaming, video calling and home working.

max

80 Mbps

download speed

That'll download a two hour 4K movie in under 24 minutes or your top 100 music tracks in under 80 seconds.

Standard Broadband

Our best broadband for hard to reach areas. 

Perfect for email and basic web browsing.

max

24 Mbps

download speed

That'll download a two hour 4K movie in 78 minutes or your top 100 music tracks in 4.5 minutes.

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24 Mbps 

download speed

  • More Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband features

    max 220Mbps upload speed

     

    You'll be able to send that 2GB file in under 73 seconds.

     

    A Digital Phone Line as standard

     

    Get the latest phone line technology that plugs straight into your broadband, or choose no phone line at all.

     

    Our most reliable connection

     

    Ultrafast Full fibre runs a fibre optic cable straight from our exchange to your door, meaning it won't let you down - so no more buffering or drop outs.

     

    You might also hear Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband called Fibre to the Premise (FTTP), or Fibre to the Home (FTTH)

  • More GFast broadband features

    max 50Mbps upload speed

     

     

    You'll be able to send that 2GB file in under 5.5 minutes.

     

     

    Digital, Analogue or no phone line

     

    We'll be switching off the ability to buy a traditional (or PSTN) phone line in September 2023. You can also choose not to order a phone line with this service (called Single order GFast or SoGFast). We recommend taking a digital phone line that plugs straight into your broadband to make calls.

     

    It's Superfast, but turbo-charged

     

    GFast uses the same Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) technology as Superfast, but we turbo charge the connection between the cabinet  and your property to give even higher speeds. Because of this, we can usually only offer GFast broadband to homes and businesses that are close to their exchange.

     

    You might also hear GFast broadband called VDSL2 and sometimes Ultrafast broadband as it offer speeds over 300 Mbps

  • More Superfast broadband features

    max 2Mbps upload speed

     

    You'll be able to send that 2GB file in 13.5 minutes.

     

    Digital, Analogue or no phone line

     

    We'll be switching off the ability to buy a traditional (or PSTN) phone line in September 2023. You can also choose not to order a phone line with this service (called Single order Generic Ethernet Access or SoGEA). We recommend taking a digital phone line that plugs straight into your broadband to make calls.

     

    Superfast broadband uses Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) technology

     

    This means that we'll run a Fibre line from your exchange to your nearest cabinet. We then run broadband over the traditional copper wire from the cabinet to your home or business. This means that the further away from you are from your local cabinet, the slower your broadband speed is likely to be.

     

    You might also hear Superfast broadband called Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC), or VDSL.

  • More Standard broadband features

    max 1.4Mbps upload speed

     

    You'll be able to send that 2GB file in 3.2 hours.

     

    Analogue phone line

     

    As part of our upgrade to phone lines across the UK, in 2022 we'll be launching the ability to take Standard broadband with a digital phone or no phone line at all with our Single Order Transitional Access Product (SoTAP).

     

    Broadband over your phone line

     

    We use the phone line from the exchange to your home or business to run broadband. The further you are from the exchange, the longer your phone line, which normally means a slower speed.

     

    You might also hear Standard broadband called Asymmetric Digital Subscriber line (ADSL)

Still confused about connectivity?

We explain how each different broadband type is delivered, and our build plans for Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband on our Fibre First pages.

  • The small print

    • Download and upload speeds given show maximum values but service providers may offer slower speeds and packages using the same technology.
    • A 2 hour 4K movie has been calculated as 14GB of data.
    • 100 music tracks has been calculated as 8MB per song.
    • Typical deployment of Standard broadband may differ between service providers based on their implementation.
    • Service providers may name their broadband packages differently.